the neighbouring parts of Durbanville. In Brackenfell South, the Boulevard Square Shopping Centre serves the neighbourhood of Protea Heights and Brackenfell South as a whole. In Brackenfell Central there are four shopping centres which include the Fairbridge Mall owned by Shoprite Checkers, Brackenfell Centre, the newly revamped Brackenfell Corner (previously Paradys Park) and the newly revamped Brackenfell Shopping Centre. Transport Bus & Taxi Transit Brackenfell is one of the very few towns in the Cape Town metropolitan area that is not served by the Golden Arrow Bus Services. Brackenfell is served two kinds of taxis: metered taxis and minibus taxis. Unlike many cities and towns in South Africa, metered taxis are not allowed to drive around the town to solicit fares and instead must be called to a specific location. Metered taxi companies operating around Brackenfell include Uber, Bolt, InDriver and DiDi. Minibus taxi services to Brackenfell are also relatively limited and the town itself does not have a taxi terminus. There are, however, a few taxi routes to the neighbouring towns of Bellville and Kraaifontein. Rail Brackenfell lies on the Northern Line of the Metrorail Western Cape commuter rail system. The rail system links the town to Cape Town in the south-west via Bellville and to Wellington via Kraaifontein, Klapmuts and Paarl. Due to the limited public transport services by buses or taxis in Brackenfell, the town is largely dependent on Metrorail to commute to other parts of the Cape Metropole. Roads Brackenfell's main road is the R101 which is the original N1 and served the same function before the construction of the highway. Similarly to the current N1, the R101 was the main road between Cape Town and Paarl and thus the name of the road being Old Paarl Road. The R101 runs through the Central Business District (CBD) of Brackenfell and links the town to Cape Town in the south-west via Bellville, Parow and Goodwood and to Paarl in the north-east via Kraaifontein and Klapmuts. Brackenfell also has access to two major freeways in the Cape Metropole, the N1 and R300. The N1 highway runs through Brackenfell separating Brackenfell North from the rest of Brackenfell including the CBD in the south. The N1 connects Brackenfell with Cape Town in the south-west and Paarl in the north-east with two accessible off-ramps within Brackenfell including the Brackenfell Boulevard (Exit 28) and the Okavango Road (Exit 29) off-ramps. The R300