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Date: 1908 : 1928 Type: Station Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 25°45'29.31" S 28°11'20.50" E Alt: 1352m

David Alexander CROMBIE assisted with the drawings of this building. In 1928 there was a small office building built on the eastern side of the station, architect unidentified. On 19 February 2001, a signalling failure led to major delays to Metrorail services in Pretoria. Angered by the delays, some commuters set a fire in a waiting room which spread to the roof of the building, which caved in. Almost all of the roof was destroyed, although the structure itself was saved.[3] The restoration, which cost 18 million rand, started in June 2001 and finished in February 2002. (Wikipedia) On the wall of the station is a timber-framed information plaque. Transcript of English section of plaque: THIS BUILDING WHICH REPLACED THE ORIGINAL N.Z.A.S.M. STATION BUILDING (COMPLETED IN 1893) WAS DESIGNED BY SIR HERBERT BAKER AND ERECTED AT THE TIME OF UNIFICATION OF THE FOUR PROVINCES OF SOUTH AFRICA (1910) FROM SURPLUS FUNDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF TRANSVAAL. IT WAS TAKEN INTO USE ON 2ND. SEPTEMBER, 1912. Transcript of Afrikaans section of plaque: HIERDIE GEBOU IS OPGERIG IN DIE PLEK VAN DIE OORSPRONKLIKE STASIEGEBOU VAN DIE N.Z.A.S.M. WAT IN 1893 VOLTOOI IS. DIT IS DEUR SIR HERBERT BAKER ONTWERP EN MET DIE UNIFIKASIE VAN DIE VIER PROVINSIES VAN SUID-AFRIKA (1910) GEBOU MET GELD UIT SURPLUSFONDSE VAN DIE REGERING VAN DIE PROVINSIE VAN TRANSVAAL. DIE GEBOU IS OP 2 SEPTEMBER 1912 IN GEBRUIK GENEEM. Books that reference Railway Station, Main Baker, Herbert. 1944. Architecture & personalities. London: Country Life. pg b&w photo opp 57, 57 Bakker, Karel A, Clarke, Nicholas J & Fisher, Roger C. 2014. Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa. Pretoria: Visual Books. pg 126, 127, 130, 143 Fisher, RC, Le Roux, SW & Maré, E (Eds). 1998. Architecture of the Transvaal. Pretoria: UNISA. pg 128, 175-196, 128, 175-196, 214, 215, 216 Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 116 ill Greig, Doreen. 1970. Herbert Baker in South Africa. Cape Town: PURNELL. pg 167-172 Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pg 170