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There were originally five stations on the line namely, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Newlands,

Claremont, and the terminus at Wynberg. These buildings still stand: Mowbray and Claremont
being similar double-storey buildings; Rondebosch and Newlands were similar single storey

buildings, although Rondebosch has been badly altered over the years; and Wynberg was also

single storey in the same style, but enclosed with a porte-cochere to give an imposing appearance
as befitted the terminus of the line.

The principal shareholder in the Wynberg Railway Company was John Mortimer Maynard,
whose property, Maynardville, in Wynberg is now a public park. Not only did he put up most of

the money for the railway but he also gave the land on which Wynberg Station stands and the

road leading to it.

The second section of the line occurred when the Cape Government Railways extended a single

line to Muizenberg, which opened for traffic in December 1882, just in time for the Christmas
and New Year holiday traffic to which it attached much importance. Muizenberg Station (Fig.

3.1) when it was opened was the standard CGR single storey building like those which were

built, at much the same time, at Rosebank and Kenilworth. Muizenberg remained the terminus
for about six months while work continued on its extension to Kalk Bay.

Construction of the Kalk Bay – Simon’s Town section

By the time the line was opened to Kalk Bay, 5 May 1883, the Government was under pressure to

push the construction of the line to the North through to Kimberley, where diamonds had been
found, as quickly as possible and so no money was available for carrying on the line from Kalk

Bay to Simon's Town and so the end of the line remained at Kalk Bay until 1889.