SIR LOWRY'S PASS

After splitting from the suburban line at Van Der Stel, the next stop on the Caledon/Bredasdorp branch is this place. Named after the pass that this branch, and the main N2 national road, goes over, this was once a busy crossing place for the many apple trains from Elgin at the top of the pass. The station had semaphores, controlled from a lever frame on the platform, but these are all long gone. Fortunately the historic station building has been recently restored, although much of the trackwork has been removed. The only evidence of the former signalling in this picture is the gap in the bottom of the platform, where the signal levers passed through. Picture by Dylan Knott.