page_title: Britstown
section_title: Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Britstown / Railway
caption_attribution_description: English: Britstown station, Northern Cape
context_page_description: Britstown is a small farming town situated in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Emthanjeni Local Municipality. The town is named after Hans Brits who settled here after he accompanied David Livingstone on a venture into the interior.
  Britstown lies in the heart of the Central Karoo and is located exactly halfway between Cape Town and Johannesburg on the N12 national road, and thus is about 700 km from both cities. The N10 national road crosses the N12 500m outside the town. De Aar is the closest big town and lies 50 km East from Britstown on the N10.
context_section_description: The railway line from De Aar to Upington and Namibia passes through the town.
caption: Prieska-bound train entering Britstown
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