archival records for Cape Town trains

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terna gyuse
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archival records for Cape Town trains

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hello, all – i'm searching for archival records to map the rail network in Cape Town going back to the earliest lines in the 1860s. i'm primarily looking for timetables, ticket prices, anything relating to numbers of riders...

i'm also interested in reading about debates over expansion and management of what's become Metrorail Western Cape.

thanks in advance for your assistance
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Welcome to the FOTR Forum. I hope one of our members will be able to assist with your request.
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Hi Terna,
Transnet Foundation maintains a huge collection of literary artifacts including books, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to the history of the old South African Railways and Harbours entity and its predecessors. This library is located in the basement of the old CSAR building in Rissik Street, Johannesburg, next to the Park Station. There is a good chance you may find what you are looking for in there.
Contact details are on the Transnet Foundation's website here:
http://www.transnetfoundation.co.za/heritage.html
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Further information about how to access the library is posted here on the Steam in Action website. There is no date on this web page, so I do not know how current it is.
http://www.steam-in-action.com/index.ph ... Itemid=123
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I believe Cape Town archives has material on the early Cape railways
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many thanks for the leads, will follow up. terna
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