Kimberly linked by rail to Barkley West

Date: 1 Dec 1890
Updated: 22 Aug 2019

The railway line from Kimberley reaches Fourteen Streams, Barkley West. The railway line had initially been commissioned by the Cape Government and eventually stretched to Vryburg, in what is now known as the North West Province.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Kimberly linked by rail to Barkley West. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011142

South African History Online (2011) 'Kimberly linked by rail to Barkley West', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011142 (Accessed: 21 September 2026).

South African History Online, Kimberly linked by rail to Barkley West [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011142, (accessed 21 September 2026).

"Kimberly linked by rail to Barkley West." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011142. Accessed 21 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Kimberly linked by rail to Barkley West." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011142.