Crawford railway station is a Metrorail station that serves the suburbs of Rondebosch East

Rondebosch East

Rondebosch East is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, about south-west of the city centre. As the name suggests, it is located to the east of the neighbouring suburb of Rondebosch...

 and Crawford

Crawford, Cape Town

Crawford is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, located to the East of the City Centre on the Cape Flats to the South of the N2 highway. The suburb is surrounded by the suburbs of Lansdowne, Rondebosch East, Athlone, Belthorn Estate, Rylands, and Belgravia...

 in Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. It is served by trains on the Cape Flats Line

Cape Flats Line

The Cape Flats Line is a commuter rail line in Cape Town, South Africa, operated by Metrorail Western Cape. It connects central Cape Town with the suburbs of Pinelands, Athlone, Lansdowne, Ottery and Retreat.-Route:...

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The station, which is located between First Avenue in Rondebosch East and Allister Road in Crawford, has two side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s and a station building at ground level on the west side of the tracks. The platforms are connected by two pedestrian subways

Subway (underpass)

In England and Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong and some Commonwealth countries , the term subway normally refers to a specially constructed underpass for pedestrians and/or cyclists beneath a road or railway, allowing them to reach the other side in safety.The term is also used in the...

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