page_title: 1883 in South Africa
section_title: Railway lines opened
hierarchical_section_title: 1883 in South Africa / Railways / Railway lines opened
caption_attribution_description: Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1883 no. M83 Sir Hercules (Four-coupled Joy)
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened during 1883 in South Africa.
context_section_description: 5 May – Cape Western – Muizenberg to Kalkbaai, 1 mile 45 chains (2.5 kilometres).
  14 May – Cape Western – Beaufort West to Victoria West Road, 80 miles 41 chains (129.6 kilometres).
  15 October – Cape Eastern – Queenstown to Sterkstroom, 35 miles 28 chains (56.9 kilometres).
  16 October – Cape Midland – Cradock to Colesberg, 126 miles 19 chains (203.2 kilometres).
caption: CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0
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