page_title: 1879 in South Africa
section_title: Railway lines opened
hierarchical_section_title: 1879 in South Africa / Railways / Railway lines opened
caption_attribution_description: English: Cape Town Harbour Board’s 7 ft ¼ in gauge 0-4-0 construction locomotive of 1879
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened during 1879 in South Africa.
context_section_description: March – Natal – Pinetown to Botha's Hill, 14 miles 6 chains (22.7 kilometres).
  11 August – Cape Western – Grootfontein to Fraserburg Road, 52 miles 41 chains (84.5 kilometres).
  26 August – Cape Midland – Mount Stewart to Graaff-Reinet, 72 miles 18 chains (116.2 kilometres).
  1 September – Natal – Avoca to Verulam, 12 miles 2 chains (19.4 kilometres).
  3 September – Cape Midland – Alicedale to Grahamstown, 34 miles 71 chains (56.1 kilometres).
  17 September – Cape Midland – Alicedale to Middleton, 38 miles 3 chains (61.2 kilometres).
  3 November – Cape Eastern – Döhne to Cathcart, 42 miles 48 chains (68.6 kilometres).
caption: Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0WT
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