02/08/2026
The Capetrain Express Foreshore Station represents far more than a transport interchange: It reimagines the Foreshore as Cape Townโs new civic and economic gateway. At the heart of the precinct, a landmark station adjacent to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) would transform an area currently dominated by elevated road infrastructure, surface parking and underutilised land into a vibrant mixed-use destination. The station would act as the catalyst for transit-oriented development, unlocking new residential neighbourhoods, mixed-use commercial space, hotels, retail, public squares and green public spaces while creating direct, high-speed connections between Cape Town International Airport, the Cruise Terminal, the CBD, the V&A Waterfront and the wider metropolitan region. By integrating tourism, business and public transport into a single world-class hub, the precinct has the potential to become one of the most economically productive urban districts in Africa.
This vision also represents a fundamental shift in transport investment. Instead of dedicating billions of rand to completing a 1970s apartheid-era freeway project that primarily serves private vehicles, twenty-first century Cape Town has an opportunity to invest in public infrastructure that moves significantly more people, unlocks long-term economic growth and reconnects communities divided by apartheid spatial planning. Every major station on the Capetrain Express network would become a destination in its own right, attracting investment, supporting higher-density urban development and expanding access to employment and opportunity for all. The Foreshore is one of the few places where Cape Town can simultaneously address its transport challenges, stimulate private investment, increase tourism, deliver meaningful spatial transformation and redefine its skyline. The decisions made here will shape not only how people move around the city, but how Cape Town grows, competes and creates opportunity for generations to come.
