Port Elizabeth railway station

Port Elizabeth railway station is a railway station, located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Port Elizabeth
Railway station
General information
Location	Jetty Street, Port Elizabeth 6001
Coordinates	33°57′38″S 25°37′30″E
Owned by	TFR
Line(s)	Metrorail:   Port Elizabeth Metrorail Shosholoza Meyl:   Johannesburg–Port Elizabeth Premier Classe:   Cape Town–Port Elizabeth
Platforms	7 terminus platforms
Tracks	7
Connections	Apple Express (at Humewood Road)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Services
Preceding station Metrorail Following station North End towards Uitenhage Port Elizabeth Metrorail Terminus Preceding station Shosholoza Meyl Following station Alicedale towards Johannesburg Johannesburg–Port Elizabeth Terminus Preceding station Premier Classe Following station Uitenhage towards Cape Town Cape Town–Port Elizabeth Terminus
Location

In 1873, Prime Minister John Molteno of the Cape Colony commenced work on connecting Port Elizabeth to the developing national railway network, resulting in the station complex being located in the historic central district, near the harbour.^[1] The prosperity which followed the construction of railways to the interior earned for the port the designation of "the Liverpool of South Africa." The station was completed in 1875.^[2]

Passenger services operating from the station include:

• Metrorail - operates frequent commuter trains to Uitenhage and the surrounding suburbs during weekdays, with a reduced service over weekends
• Shosholoza Meyl - operates daily inter-city trains to Johannesburg and Bloemfontein. You can also get to Cape Town, Kimberley, Pietermaritzburg and Durban (by changing trains in Bloemfontein), to East London (by changing trains in Noupoort, Colesberg or Bloemfontein), to Mthatha (by changing trains in Noupoort and Amabele) or to Grahamstown (by changing trains in Alicedale)
• Premier Classe - operates twice-weekly luxury trains to Cape Town via George and Oudtshoorn.^[3]

The Apple Express narrow-gauge tourist train to Avontuur operated from the separate station in Humewood Road near King's Beach.

See also

• Donkin Heritage Trail