Wests
Wests is a railway station in Ethekwini, KwaZulu-Natal. Wests is situated nearby to the harbor KwaZulu Cruise Terminal, as well as near the lake uShaka Pond.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Addington Hospital and Salisbury Island.
Addington Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Addington Hospital is situated 2 km northwest of Wests.
Salisbury Island
Island
Salisbury Island is located inside the Port of Durban on the east coast of South Africa; it is a former island until the Second World War when construction of a naval base connected it to the mainland by a causeway. Salisbury Island is situated 1½ km west of Wests.
UShaka Marine World
Building
Photo: Amada44, CC BY-SA 3.0.
uShaka Marine World is a 16-hectare theme park that opened on 30 April 2004 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It has a total capacity of 4.6 million gallons containing 10,000 animal species. UShaka Marine World is situated 1½ km northwest of Wests.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Beach and Durban.
North Beach
Suburb
North Beach is a residential area in central Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. North Beach is situated 4 km northwest of Wests.
Durban
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Durban is a city on the east coast of South Africa in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and in the municipality of eThekwini. It is the third largest city in South Africa and the busiest port in Africa.
Wests
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-29.87861° or 29° 52′ 43″ southLongitude
31.05377° or 31° 3′ 14″ eastNetwork
Metrorail KwaZulu-NatalOpen location code
5G2H43C3+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 348982134OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q124416169
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Wests” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wests”
- French: “gare de Wests”
- French: “Wests”
- Turkish: “Wests”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include KwaZulu Cruise Terminal and uShaka Pond.
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