Westgate
Westgate is a railway station in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Westgate is situated nearby to the theater building Gauteng Opera, as well as near Johannesburg Central Police Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carlton Centre and Johannesburg Central Police Station.
Carlton Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Thuvack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres, it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019. Carlton Centre is situated 1½ km northeast of Westgate.
Johannesburg Central Police Station
Police station
The Johannesburg Central Police Station is a South African Police Service police station in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. From its unveiling in 1968 until September 1997, it was called John Vorster Square, after Prime Minister B.J. Vorster. Johannesburg Central Police Station is situated 620 metres north of Westgate.
Johannesburg City Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Johannesburg City Library is situated in the central business district of the City of Johannesburg. The Library is located in an Italianate building designed by John Perry which first opened in 1935. Johannesburg City Library is situated 1 km northeast of Westgate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtown and Ferreirasdorp.
Newtown
Suburb
Ferreirasdorp
Suburb
Ferreirasdorp is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. First known as Ferreira's Camp and later Ferreira's Township, it is the oldest part of Johannesburg.
Marshalltown
Suburb
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Marshalltown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The area, together with Ferreirasdorp was previously home to a large concentration of Eastern European Jewish immigrants.
Westgate
- Type: Railway station
- Description: train station in Johannesburg
- Categories: dead-end railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.21143° or 26° 12′ 41″ southLongitude
28.03386° or 28° 2′ 2″ eastOpen location code
5G5CQ2QM+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 247644841OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q110979453
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to French—“Westgate” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Westgate”
- French: “gare de Westgate”
- French: “Westgate”
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