And it’s quite fantastic. So there’d better be something there. Copyright FreeWheely by jb. The slope up to Aus is tough, and I feel the significant temperature change when I approach 1400. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.google.co.za/search?q=kempton+park+hospital&tbm=isch. Saved by Kelli Draper. Quoting a very well documented website, “this railway line is built with concentration camp labour from Shark Island near Lüderitz, without recourse to proper nutrition and medical facilities. South African Railways Old Western Towns Cape Town South Africa Old Trains Out Of Africa Most Beautiful Cities African History Africa Travel Old Photos. And also, most of the stations are today abandoned. Abandoned deep underground, never completed or left to be consumed by wildlife, these stations were once part of the UK capital's sprawling transport … Then half the Kaaimans Pass washed away taking a section of track with it. All the buildings look nice and clean, and they are all empty. r/southafrica: Everything related to South Africa. It has been abandoned since. The station was never particularly busy and it closed in 1939. Urban exploration (often shortened as urbex or UE) is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of human civilization. I decide to push until 120 km, remembering that Steve said there is a windmill at KM 120. Later today, I will give it to Ian, meeting by chance on that same road. A good point about deserts over rain forests, for historical purposes, is that things don’t change and traces can last for years. Along an abandoned railway in South Africa, Cape Town native Clifford has made this cave his home Kelly Clarke Filed on April 29, 2017 | Last updated on April 30, 2017 at 07.39 am People travelling in buses usually have no time, and no personal space. It apparently already took ages to restore this railway, so I hope they will be able to make use of it before replacing the every beam …, Your email address will not be published. (And once again, cycling wins). I finally reach my planned destination for the night, the ruins of the Haalenberg station. This is its current status after the collapse of the Kisumu railway. Let's take a look at the mostly abandoned railway stations along the Peterborough-Quorn railway line, and see what's happened to them and the communities they served. It is a world class heavy haul freight rail company that specialises in the transportation of freight. Hi JB, thank you for this very interesting series of blogs, they have been a great read … and I’ve still got many countries to go. The Botanic Gardens Railway Station was a train station on the Glasgow railway network located near Kelvinside in Glasgow’s West End. Find information on railway stations in South Africa as well as 24 railway stations in Africa, 4787 rai Find this Pin and more on Places Time Forgotby Kelli Draper. This means that every hundred metres of the railway line from Lüderitz to Aus account for one dead Namibian Shark Island prisoner“. (February 2010) This is a list of disused, abandoned, closed or dismantled railway lines in South Africa since 1910. And also, most of the stations are today abandoned. Lost Sydney: Disused Stations The stations listed here are disused or demolishd railway stations on lines that are still in use. … The rail projects will be awarded up to £50,000 each to progress plans to reinstate historic stations and restore passenger services closed during the 1960s Beeching cuts. Pictures of the reconstruction in 2002-2004 are here, and most of the rail I see is from these years. Due to technical issues lively stations such as Alexanderplatz or Friedrichstraße were nearly abandoned. And it’s better for my traveling eyes to meet abandoned German horses. It seems misplaced … a viewpoint in the Sperrgebiet? Just after Kolmanskop, twenty kilometers from the coast, I stop at Grasplatz. Feb 8, 2014 - An abandoned railway station at Humerail, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. I am not sure if these red tanks were active until 1990, but I have seen a fairly recent pumping station 40 km from Lüderitz. Eduard Bohlen shipwreck, Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia. I find it a shame, especially in Namibia, where most of the country is about enjoying the infinite space. One thing to note is that this particular railway (Aus – Luderitz) is being completely rebuilt with a pre-fabricated ballast-less rail system called Tubular Track, as you saw under construction at the Luderitz end. An abandoned railway station at Avontuur, near Uniondale, South Africa. The electric poles and telephone lines have been replaced and upgraded, some trees have died, and color photographs have appeared. Nigeria. A 2.4 km railway was built to transport water from the source until these red tanks, from which it got then distributed until Lüderitz, 100 km away, apparently until 1990. More information on the contractor’s website http://www.tubulartrack.co.za (disclaimer: I have no association with that company). The busy railway line brought people and prosperity to many of the towns along the way, but re-routing the main line through Port Pirie was the start of a decline for some places. That also includes 4×4 driving off road and destroying the landscape for a century. Nothing has really changed in 100 years. A NEW WEBSITE HAS BEEN CREATED BY MARTIN FIRTH THAT LISTS ALL LINES CLOSED TO PASSENGER SERVICES BETWEEN 1901 AND 1994. It has a dilapidated building, two dead trees, and rusty elevated water tanks. ... As a result of the 1992-1993 armed conflict, traffic on the Sukhumi railway station was completely stopped. An old abandoned railway station in Bothas Hill, South Africa. I don’t think so. I'm working on a little photography project and looking for sites. So the work done earlier to repair the line using the traditional ballast approach, as seen in your photos around Haalenberg and Garub, will eventually be replaced by the type of rail seen in your photos at the start of this blog. This type of rail is better suited to desert conditions as desert sand gets mixed into ballast over time and alters its reaction to loads passing over which leads to derailments. A headwind in such a desolate place would be depressing. They have an “office” and machines in front of the airport. Their regular paths are clearly visible in the sand. Just a kilometer away, I discern white buildings in the dark. Photo about Wolwefontein, South Africa - September 09, 2019: Disused Railway tracks in the small village of Wolwefontein in the Eastern Cape. There's an abandoned hospital around edenvale somewhere. They were feeding Lüderitz with water, and they have made possible the construction of the railway in 1906. Bridgend - Cape Collieries[1] 1912 The station was eventually abandoned in the 1970s, following a long history that saw it closing between 1945 and 1949 due to political disagreement, and again during the Spanish Civil War when Franco ordered the tunnels be closed. 83 November 15, 2020. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The wind is in my back today! It was too expensive to build a railway through the desert, and anyway the Germans were quickly defeated in Africa. I am dealing with this by changing the title to "List of abandoned railway lines in South Africa, which seems a fairly clear thing to do, especially In view of the legalities mentioned As for other objections, look for sources. All Rights Reserved. Travelers are voting Johannesburg Park Station, Pretoria Railway Station and Kimberley Railway Station as the best of 17 railway stations in South Africa. The station was one of three that served Staines, located on the Windsor and Eton line of the London and South Western Railway. Swaths of south … (e.g. The 1920s, that is. At the same time arrives a tour bus. his railway station in Kibigori is where the first group of the landless of Kisumu settled first before they were joined by the rest from other places of Kisumu. I didn’t find the rails of this 2.4 km line, that Klaus Dierks shot in 2002 here and there, but we can maybe guess them by looking at the straight lines on the satellite picture. 168 November 10, 2020. Here are some haunting abandoned train stations from all over the world. Point - Durban 1936 original 1860 route (oldest line in South Africa) Stanger - Kearsney 1941 Narrow Gauge. A huge railway system was built in Abkhazia by Soviet engineers, but it was destroyed after the collapse of the Soviet Union. (Arizona and New Mexico were still territories when the line was first built.) Also popular are De Aar Railway Station in De Aar , Cape Town Railway Station in Cape Town and Umgeni Steam Railway in Durban . TouristLink members rank Johannesburg Park Station, Pretoria Railway Station and Kimberley Railway Station as the top railway stations in South Africa. Quite often in Namibia, the morning brings a surprise: after I wake up and walk around my tent, the wind slowly builds up while I eat and pack my gear. The list is primarily intended to document South African Railways (Government) or private lines of historical significance. I don’t know if this is the bushman’s candle or not. It’s Steve, the mechanic/station manager of Aus, who I probably will see tomorrow, and who traveled to Lüderitz to drop a broken car. Norham Station in Northumberland comes complete with its original signal box, waiting room and platform and could sell for £420,000. And then, it’s jackpot! Abandoned WW2 radar station on Slangkop above Kommetjie on the Cape Peninsula. ⁶ Tunnel 4 (Hexton) remains the longest bore on the 3 ft 6 in (1065mm) gauge system, however, with the construction of Gautrain between Johannesburg and Hatfield, the tunnel between Park station and Marlboro portal is 13 475 metres long which makes it the longest railway tunnel in South Africa albeit on 4 ft 8½ in (1435mm) gauge. There is something really nice I found at the Windhoek railway museum: the train schedule in 1914. Everyone that I spoke with laughed at the concept that it would be running any time soon, despite numerous promises that it would go live before the end of 2016. This is possible thanks a stretch of abandoned railway, the old Selati railway bridge that used to bring tourists at Skukuza Camp back in the ‘20s. Does anyone know of any abandoned railway stations or buildings? Derelict Buildings Abandoned Churches Old Buildings Abandoned Places Old Train Station Train Stations Wonderful Places Beautiful Places South African Railways. South Asia. Thank you in advance. The station remained open during World War II however, and was used by allied soldiers and Jewish people to escape into Spain. Whichever their origin is, it’s still incredible that tamed horses abandoned into the hostile Namib managed to survive. It is possible that some of them wandered the 150 kilometres south- westward to the water at Garub. But, there is greater need for these projects at present than ever before. The rust has partly chewed the sides and the bottom of them, but not the ladder. The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) uses Tubular Modular Track in stations to ensure fixed vertical alignment between platforms and trains. The strongest horses could have reached the shore and found their way to the Garub plains. It looks like an abandoned farming complex, with many buildings. It is worth nothing that, first, trains had a regular service 100 years ago, more frequently and in much remote places than today. South Africa– Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican Number: 2005/028472/07. It’s time for me to check what’s in those red tanks. Abkhazia, a disputed territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, has several abandoned railway stations, including this one in Gudauta. In its early days, Lüderitz received water by ship from Cape Town. Kearsney – Stanger Light Railway Okiep - Port Nolloth 1944? Does anyone know of any abandoned railway stations or buildings? ABANDONED STATIONS/LINES/DEPOTS in SOUTH AFRICA..Thanks .....Wikipedia. The good tar surface and the strong tailwind make it very pleasant, as I am left to enjoy the bare landscape and the ostriches without producing much effort. South Africa Travel Railway Station Railway Travel Africa South Africa Port Elizabeth Old Steam Train Abandoned Places An abandoned railway station at Humerail, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Kibigori Railway Station in Kibigori: This used to be one of the main railway stations along the Mombasa-Kisumu railway route. Namaqualand Railway Knysna - Templeman 1949 Narrow Gauge. On a continental scale, Trans-African corridors are finally connecting places lacking international cooperation. Since the German South West Namibia was not defeated yet by South Africa, it is written in German. I started reading your blogs from the southern Angola section through to your return to Europe, and now I will go back to your entry into Africa – I am looking forward to reading about your experiences up north. In the morning, I climb one of them, still in search of these “German forts”. And of course, the new rails. In living memory, hundreds of railway stations have closed across the country and have since been abandoned, demolished or converted to other uses. L&LSR excursion train waits at the Carndonagh platform at Buncrana station. As I leave the Kolmanskop ghost town, the railway under renovation still runs parallel to the B4 road. Three years ago, Berlin’s vital urban railway, the S-Bahn, had to shut down major parts of its routes. Nobody can accurately tell why there are here. The statistics of the railway project is frightening. defunct railway stations lines or branches in Adelaide and South Australia There are three extant closed stations on the passenger railway network in the Reynel. Tschaukaip is just a sign. And indeed, I see man-made structures: not forts, but trenches and heaps of stones. I can’t tell what it was, probably a gemsbok. বাংলা ... Middle East/North Africa. 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