Kenilworth railway station (Cape Town)

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LocationBlackheath Rd, Kenilworth, Cape Town, 7708
South Africa
Coordinates33°59′43″S 18°28′21″E / 33.99528°S 18.47250°E / -33.99528; 18.47250
SystemMetrorail station
Owned byPRASA
Kenilworth
The station in 2021
General information
LocationBlackheath Rd, Kenilworth, Cape Town, 7708
South Africa
Coordinates33°59′43″S 18°28′21″E / 33.99528°S 18.47250°E / -33.99528; 18.47250
SystemMetrorail station
Owned byPRASA
Line
  Southern Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Architectural styleCape Regency
History
Openedc. February 1965
Services
Preceding station Metrorail Western Cape Following station
Harfield Road
towards Cape Town
 Southern Line Wynberg
towards Simon's Town
Location

The Kenilworth railway station is a Metrorail train station serving the suburb of Kenilworth in Cape Town, South Africa. It is served by trains running on the Southern Line.

In 1861, the Wynberg Railway Company was established via an act of parliament to build a railway line from Salt River to Wynberg. The line officially opened to the public on 18 December 1864.[1]

The station, initially called Mortimerville, began as a "stopping place" along the line, consisting of a wooden shed. Shortly after the line's opening, the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company decided that all such "stopping places" along the line be upgraded to proper station buildings and agreed that the Wynberg Railway Company would build these before February 1865. The station was constructed out of bricks and cement and was built in a Cape Regency architectural style.[2]

The station's name was changed to Kenilworth in 1882.[1] In 1928, the line was electrified.[2]

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