page_title: 1877 in South Africa
section_title: Railway lines opened
hierarchical_section_title: 1877 in South Africa / Railways / Railway lines opened
caption_attribution_description: Natal Government Railway 2-6-0T no. 19, ex contractors Wythes &amp; Jackson Ltd. No. 1 "Durban"
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened during 1877 in South Africa.
context_section_description: 1 May – Cape Eastern – Breidbach to King William's Town, 3 miles 5 chains (4.9 kilometres).
  1 May – Cape Eastern – Breidbach to Kei Road, 14 miles 29 chains (23.1 kilometres).
  1 May – Cape Midland – Uitenhage to Glenconnor, 43 miles 20 chains (69.6 kilometres).
  27 August – Cape Midland – Sand Flats to Alicedale, 17 miles 37 chains (28.1 kilometres).
  7 November – Cape Western – Worcester to Kleinstraat, 42 miles 6 chains (67.7 kilometres).
  12 November – Cape Western – Kraaifontein to Malmesbury, 29 miles 33 chains (47.3 kilometres).
caption: NGR 2-6-0T Durban
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