Johannesburg Park Station is the central railway station

Central station

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 in the city of Johannesburg

Johannesburg

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, South Africa

South Africa

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, and the largest railway station in Africa. It is located between the Central Business District

Central business district

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 and Braamfontein

Braamfontein

Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa. It is well located, straddling Jan Smuts Avenue and Empire Road. The Nelson Mandela bridge is a landmark that connects Braamfontein to the city...

, in the block bordered by Rissik, Wolmarans, Wanderers and Noord Streets. Park Station lies on the main Witwatersrand railway line that runs East-West from Krugersdorp to Germiston.

Park Station is the centre of the Witwatersrand Metrorail

Metrorail Gauteng

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 network, with daily commuter rail services running west to Carletonville, Randfontein and Soweto

Soweto

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; east to Springs

Springs, Gauteng

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, Nigel

Nigel, Gauteng

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 and Daveyton; north to Pretoria

Pretoria

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 and south to Vereeniging. Park Station is also the terminus of Shosholoza Meyl

Shosholoza Meyl

Shosholoza Meyl is a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa that operates long-distance passenger rail services. It operates various train routes across South Africa, carrying approximately 4 million passengers annually...

 long-distance services to Cape Town

Cape Town

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, Durban

Durban

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, Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein

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 via Kimberley

Kimberley, Northern Cape

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, Komatipoort

Komatipoort

Komatipoort is a town situated at the confluence of the Crocodile and Komati Rivers in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The town is 8km from the Crocodile Bridge Gate into the Kruger Park, and just 5km from the Mozambique border and 65km from the Swazi border. It is a small, quiet town with some...

 via Nelspruit

Nelspruit

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 and Musina

Musina

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 via Polokwane

Polokwane

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.

The southern terminus of the Gautrain

Gautrain

Gautrain is an mass rapid transit railway system in Gauteng Province, South Africa, which links Johannesburg, Pretoria, and OR Tambo International Airport...

rapid-rail service is currently under construction underground, adjacent to the existing main-line station.

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