Shosholoza Meyl Trans-Karoo

The classic Trans-Karoo run: a night and a day across the semi-desert heart of South Africa from the Highveld gold city down to Table Bay.

Stations

1. 31 kmKrugersdorp
2. 82 kmOberholzer
3. 138 kmPotchefstroom
4. 185 kmKlerksdorp
5. 328 kmBloemhof
6. 381 kmChristiana
7. Show 12 more stations

   1. 420 kmWarrenton
   2. 492 kmKimberley
   3. 615 kmOrange River
   4. 727 kmDe Aar
   5. 805 kmMerriman
   6. 857 kmHutchinson
   7. 986 kmBeaufort West
   8. 1,063 kmLeeu-Gamka
   9. 1,102 kmPrince Albert Road
   10. 1,187 kmLaingsburg
   11. 1,214 kmMatjiesfontein
   12. 1,270 kmTouws River
8. 1,344 kmWorcester
9. 1,445 kmWellington
10. 1,456 kmHuguenot
11. 1,499 kmBellville
12. 1,519 kmCape Town

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 950176 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 36 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 7 m from it
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Shosholoza Meyl Trans-Karoo?

The Shosholoza Meyl Trans-Karoo runs 1,530 km from Johannesburg to Cape Town.

How long does the Shosholoza Meyl Trans-Karoo take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 27 h for the 1,530 km. That is an average of 57 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.

Who runs the Shosholoza Meyl Trans-Karoo?

Shosholoza Meyl (PRASA), with Class 6E electric & diesel with sleeper cars.

How old is the Shosholoza Meyl Trans-Karoo?

The line has been in service since 1892. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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