page_title: 1884 in South Africa
section_title: Railway lines opened
hierarchical_section_title: 1884 in South Africa / Railways / Railway lines opened
caption_attribution_description: Cape Government Railways experimental 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1884
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened during 1884 in South Africa.
context_section_description: 31 March – Cape Midland – Noupoort to De Aar, to link up with the Cape Western System, 69 miles 6 chains (111.2 kilometres).
  May – Natal – Pietermaritzburg to Merrivale, 15 miles 19 chains (24.5 kilometres).
  16 September – Cape Eastern – Sterkstroom to Molteno, 20 miles 69 chains (33.6 kilometres).
  3 November – Cape Western – Victoria West Road to Oranjerivier, 150 miles 69 chains (242.8 kilometres).
  1 December – Kowie – Port Alfred to Grahamstown, 44 miles (70.8 kilometres).
caption: CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0
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