Humewood Road railway station

Humewood Road railway station is a railway station located in Humewood, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. A separate station to the main Port Elizabeth railway station, built in 1899, it is the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Avontuur Railway, which at 285 kilometres is the longest 2 ft gauge railway in the world.

Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in South Africa
Also known as: “gare de Humewood Road”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: South End Museum and Masjid Azîez.

South End Museum

Museum

Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South End Museum is situated 380 metres northwest of Humewood Road railway station.

Masjid Azîez

Mosque

Photo: Frans-Banja Mulder, CC BY 3.0.

Masjid Azîez is a mosque, which is situated 670 metres northwest of Humewood Road railway station.

EPRU Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Liam E. Bekker, CC BY-SA 4.0.

EPRU Stadium, also known by its original name of Boet Erasmus Stadium, was a stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The letters "EPRU" in the name represent the Eastern Province Rugby Union, the stadium's historic primary tenants, whose team is now known as the Mighty Elephants. EPRU Stadium is situated 1½ km southeast of Humewood Road railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Humewood and Port Elizabeth.

Humewood

Neighborhood

Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Humewood is a neighborhood.

Port Elizabeth

Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.

very clean Port Elizabeth, officially Gqeberha since 2021, is South Africa's fifth largest city. It is on the Indian Ocean coast half-way between Cape Town and Durban, in the Eastern Cape, about 260 km from Knysna.

Walmer

Suburb

Walmer is a large neighborhood of Gqeberha, the largest city in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Walmer is situated 4½ km west of Humewood Road railway station.

Humewood Road railway station

Categories: building, public transportation, station, and transport
Location: Nelson Mandela Bay, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.97073° or 33° 58′ 15″ south

Longitude

25.63309° or 25° 37′ 59″ east

Open location code

4GR72JHM+P6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 804707892

OpenStreetMap feature

building=transportation

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

Wikidata ID

Q15129577

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to French—“Humewood Road railway station” goes by many names.

Afrikaans: “Humewoodweg-spoorwegstasie”
Chinese: “休姆伍德路車站”
French: “Humewood Road”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Humerail Centre and PostNet.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Humewood Road railway station and Engen.

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