Robinson

Robinson is a railway station in Randfontein Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng. Robinson is situated nearby to the town Randfontein, as well as near the suburb Azaadville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Randfontein and Azaadville.

Town

Randfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, 40 km west of Johannesburg. With the Witwatersrand gold rush in full swing, mining financier JB Robinson bought the farm Randfontein and, in 1889, floated the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company. Randfontein is situated 2½ km southwest of Robinson.

Suburb

Azaadville is a town in South Africa located in Mogale City in the West Rand region of Gauteng province of South Africa. Azaadville is situated 4 km east of Robinson.

Suburb

Rietvallei is a township west of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located at the southern end of the Mogale City Local Municipality in the West Rand District Municipality, just south-west of Kagiso. Rietvallei is situated 7 km southeast of Robinson.

Latitude

-26.15812° or 26° 9′ 29″ south

Longitude

27.71499° or 27° 42′ 54″ east

Network

Open location code

5G59RPR7+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

Wikidata ID

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