Stewart on 1 August. Cape Western – Kleinstraat to Koup on 4 November. Natal – Umgeni to Avoca on 25 May and Durban to Pinetown on 4 September. 1879 New lines opened: Cape Eastern – Döhne to Cathcart on 3 November. Cape Midland – Mount Stewart to Graaff-Reinet on 26 August, and Alicedale to Grahamstown on 3 September and to Middleton on 17 September. Cape Western – Koup to Fraserburg Road on 11 August. Natal – Pinetown to Botha's Hill in March and Avoca to Verulam on 1 September. 1880s 1880 New lines opened: Cape Eastern – Cathcart to Queenstown on 5 May. Cape Midland – Middleton to Cookhouse on 2 March. Cape Western – Fraserburg Road to Beaufort West on 5 February. Natal – Rossburgh to Isipingo on 1 February and Botha's Hill to Pietermaritzburg on 1 December. 1881 New lines opened: Cape Midland – Cookhouse to Cradock on 1 June. 1882 New lines opened: Cape Western – Wynberg to Muizenberg on 15 December. 1883 New lines opened: Cape Eastern – Queenstown to Sterkstroom on 15 October. Cape Midland – Cradock to Colesberg on 16 October. Cape Western – Muizenberg to Kalkbaai on 5 May and Beaufort West to Victoria West Road on 14 May. 1884 New lines opened: Cape Eastern – Sterkstroom to Molteno on 16 September. Cape Midland – Noupoort to De Aar on 31 March, to link with the Cape Western. Cape Western – Victoria West Road to Oranjerivier on 3 November. Kowie – Port Alfred to Grahamstown on 1 December. Natal – Pietermaritzburg to Merrivale in May. 1885 New lines opened: Cape Eastern – Molteno to Aliwal North on 2 September. Cape Western – Oranjerivier to Kimberley on 28 November. Natal – Merrivale to Estcourt on 21 December. 1886 New lines opened: Natal – Estcourt to Ladysmith on 21 June. 1887 New lines opened: Cape Central – Worcester to Roodewal in October. 1889 New lines opened: Cape Western – Eerste River to Somerset West on 21 October. Namaqualand – Braakpits Junction to Flat Mine on 23 April. Natal – Ladysmith to Glencoe on 4 September. 1890s 1890 New lines opened: Cape Midland – Colesberg Junction to Norvalspont on 17 December. Cape Western – Somerset West to Sir Lowry's Pass Village on 1 February, Kalkbaai to Simon's Town and Kimberley to Vryburg, both on 1 December. Free State – Norvalspont to Bloemfontein on 17 December. Natal