Athlone

Athlone is a railway station in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Athlone is situated nearby to the mosque Markazul Quran was Sunnah, as well as near Garlandale Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Athlone Stadium and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital.

Athlone Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Azwi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for soccer matches, but is sometimes used for Currie Cup rugby matches. Athlone Stadium is situated 1½ km east of Athlone.

Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital

Hospital

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Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa was opened in 1956 through public subscription as a memorial to soldiers lost in the Second World War. Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital is situated 1½ km northwest of Athlone.

Crawford railway station

Railway station

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Crawford railway station is a Metrorail station that serves the suburbs of Rondebosch East and Crawford in Cape Town, South Africa. It is served by trains on the Cape Flats Line. Crawford railway station is situated 1½ km south of Athlone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athlone and Rondebosch.

Athlone

Suburb

Photo: warrenski, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Athlone is a suburb of Cape Town, and part of the city's Cape Flats region. Two of the suburb's main landmarks are Athlone Stadium and the decommissioned, coal-burning Athlone Power Station.

Rondebosch

Suburb

Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is primarily a residential suburb, with shopping and business districts as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.

Crawford

Suburb

Crawford is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, located to the east of the City Centre on the Cape Flats to the south of the N2 highway. The suburb is surrounded by the suburbs of Lansdowne, Rondebosch East, Athlone, Belthorn Estate, Rylands, and Belgravia.

Athlone

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “gare d’Athlone”
Categories: station and transportation
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.96272° or 33° 57′ 46″ south

Longitude

18.50173° or 18° 30′ 6″ east

Network

Metrorail Western Cape

Open location code

4FRW2GP2+WM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 25376537

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

Wikidata ID

Q124395585

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to French—“Athlone” goes by many names.

Afrikaans: “Athlone”
French: “Athlone”

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