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From: Jane Lucas <>
Subject: [ZA] Rail line completion dates
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:32:02 -0800
In-Reply-To: <967HcBurx0480S18.1046637829@uwdvg018.cms.usa.net>


Along with some other good information, Dennis Pretorius has a link to SA
timelines, and included in that is the dates of completion of some of the
rail lines. http://mzone.mweb.co.za/residents/k75/genealogy.html

Look in this section:
http://mzone.mweb.co.za/residents/k75/1850to1899.html



At 12:43 PM 3/2/03, you wrote:
>I would imagine they travelled via Durban.
>
>Does anyone know when rail lines connecting the major South African cities
>were completed? I think the first rail connection to the coast was actually
>via Lourenco Marques, now Maputo, in Mozambique.
>
>Best wishes
>Keith
>===============
> wrote:
>
> Can anyone suggest where passengers from the Johannesburg area would be
>likely to board a boat for passage to England in 1908, and return to S.A. in
>approx. 6 weeks. Would they travel as far as Cape Town or was there a port
>closer to their home.
>
> Regards, Pam in Arizona.
>
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