Port Alfred station, endpoint of the 69km line from Grahamstown – closed since 1993 – has been handed over to the Hospitality Youth Initiative. The building is reportedly “looking good”. The branch was opened originally by a private company in 1884. The principal feature on the railway is the Bloukrans bridge, 56m above the river. It was opened in 1928, replacing the original – the scene of a serious accident in April 1911.

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