Observatory Station
Observatory Station is a railway station in South Africa. Observatory Station is situated nearby to Observatory railway station, as well as near the health club Chinese Martial Arts & Health Centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Observatory railway station and Hartleyvale Stadium.
Observatory railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Observatory railway station is a Metrorail station serving the suburb of Observatory in Cape Town. It is served by trains on the Southern Line. The station is located under the Station Road bridge.
Hartleyvale Stadium
Recreation area
Photo: Axxter99, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hartleyvale Stadium is a field hockey stadium in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. It was previously used as a soccer stadium by Cape Town City in the National Football League era, as well as by Hellenic during the late 1980s. Hartleyvale Stadium is situated 390 metres east of Observatory Station.
Groote Schuur Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 1 km southwest of Observatory Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Observatory and Mowbray.
Observatory
Suburb
Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Mowbray
Suburb
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Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station.
Salt River
Suburb
Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town's central business district. Salt River is served by a railway station of the same name, and has the postcode 7925.
Observatory Station
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: building and transportation
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.938° or 33° 56′ 17″ southLongitude
18.4714° or 18° 28′ 17″ eastLevels
1Open location code
4FRW3F6C+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 65780448OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform_access
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