Muizenberg station

The railway line to Muizenberg was opened on 15 December 1882, but Muizenberg’s beautiful Edwardian station was only built in 1913. This grand edifice is the symbolic gateway to False Bay. The building was opened on 7 June 1913 by the then Minister of Railways and Harbours,  Henry Burton. He travelled to Kalk Bay where he laid the first block of the breakwater. A trainload, of passengers returned to Muizenberg where Mr. Burton opened the station by unlocking the door and purchasing the first ticket for a trip on perhaps the most scenic railway line in South Africa. This unique station building is a fine example of the Edwardian style. The station is on the Main Road close to the Post Huys. The central portion of the building, where the booking hall is situated, is double-storey which includes an impressive and graceful clock tower made of solid teak. The gables appear to be a revival of the mid-eighteenth-century Flemish style. The floor of the booking hall has black and white tiles and the cast iron stairway, with teak handrail, is beautiful. On the platform side of the building, an attractive addition built in 1930  extends from the second storey over the arched colonnade. A single wing extends from either side of the main building and these wings have gables at each end. Each wing also has a smaller Flemish-type gable on the front and back.

Vintage pictures of Muizenberg Station