Top 10 Most Remote Railway Towns in South Africa | Karoo Lines Ranked

quiet-veld.page-shelf.com Ten still-inhabited Karoo towns that exist because the railway arrived. Each one gets the year the line came, what still stands and who stayed and why. Ranked from an easy stop on the N1 to a siding almost nobody reaches. 0:00 Intro 0:10 No. 10 — Leeu-Gamka 1:30 No. 9 — Molteno 3:16 No. 8 — Britstown 5:01 No. 7 — Springfontein 6:46 No. 6 — Steynsburg 8:34 No. 5 — Carnarvon 10:20 No. 4 — Sterkstroom 12:02 No. 3 — Williston 13:53 No. 2 — Stormberg Junction 15:30 No. 1 — Biesiespoort 17:14 The Line Keeps Running The list starts at Leeu-Gamka, once called Fraserburg Road, beside the N1. It continues through Molteno's coal history, Britstown's wool trade and the Springfontein junction, and ends on the quietest sidings of the Karoo. For each place you also get the practical side: fuel, shops, clinics and the distance to the nearest hospital. South Africa Uncovered explores the country's small towns, remote corners and forgotten places, and the people who still live there. Subscribe for more journeys off the main road. Shop: quiet-veld.page-shelf.com #Karoo #RailwayTowns #SouthAfricaTravel #SmallTownSouthAfrica Music: "New Direction" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Photos (Wikimedia Commons): Steynsburg: Derek J Moore — CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steynsburg_Railway_station.jpg