– Glencoe to Talana on 28 March and to Newcastle on 15 May. Transvaal – Braamfontein to Springs on 13 October and to Roodepoort on 17 November. 1891 New lines opened: Natal – Newcastle to Charlestown on 7 April. Transvaal – Roodepoort to Krugersdorp on 10 February and Mozambique border near Komatipoort to Malelane on 28 December. 1892 New lines opened: Cape Eastern – Dreunberg Junction to Bethulie Bridge on 21 May. Cape Midland – Rosmead to Stormberg Junction on 8 February, to link with the Cape Eastern. Free State – Bloemfontein to Vaal River Bridge on 7 May, Bethulie Bridge to Springfontein on 21 May and Natal-Free State border to Harrismith on 12 July. Natal – Danskraal to Natal-Free State border on 12 July. Transvaal – Malelane to Nelspruit on 20 June and Vaal River Bridge to Germiston on 15 September. 1893 New lines opened: Transvaal – Germiston to Pretoria on 1 January and Nelspruit to Airlie on 30 December. 1894 New lines opened: Cape Western – Vryburg to Mafeking on 3 October. Transvaal – Airlie to Pretoria on 18 November. 1895 New lines opened: Natal – Charlestown to Natal-Transvaal border on 1 December. Transvaal – Natal-Transvaal border to Union Junction near Alberton on 15 December, linking Natal to Transvaal. The railways of the Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange Free State, the South African Republic and southern Mozambique are all linked at Union Junction near Alberton on 15 December. 1896 New lines opened: Cape Eastern – Sterkstroom to Indwe on 1 February. Transvaal – Kaapmuiden to Barberton on 1 April and Krugersdorp to Frederikstad on 2 November. Cape Town's first electric tram service begins operating along Adderley Street to Mowbray Hill. 1897 New lines opened: Cape Midland – Rosmead to Middelburg on 1 October. Cape Western – Mafeking to Ramatlabama at the Bechuanaland Protectorate border on 13 March. Natal – Isipingo to Park Rynie on 1 December, Verulam to Tongaat on 3 December and Thornville to Richmond on 15 December. Transvaal – Frederikstad to Klerksdorp on 3 August. The Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway purchases a locomotive named Portuguese from Mozambique. 1898 New lines opened: Cape Midland – Middelburg to Graaff-Reinet on 3 March and Bamboo Junction to Cape Collieries. Free State – Theunissen to Winburg on 1 November. Namaqualand – Garracoop Junction to Nababeep on 15 October. Natal – Clairwood to Wests in Durban on 13 June and Tongaat to Tugela