Railway station about 0,8 km west of Tokoza, a Township South of Johannesburg. Thought to be named after Angus country, in Eastern Scotland.
Place record
Angus, a Railway Station near Johannesburg
- Coordinates
- 28.4000, -26.1200
- Updated
- 5 Jun 2020

The Railway Station called Angus
Location Map
Angus, a Railway Station near Johannesburg
How we know this
- 01New Dictionary of South Africa Place Names by Peter E Raper
Last updated · 5 Jun 2020
South African History Online. (2016, September 23). Angus, a Railway Station near Johannesburg. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0122000
South African History Online (2016) 'Angus, a Railway Station near Johannesburg', South African History Online, 23 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0122000 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).
South African History Online, Angus, a Railway Station near Johannesburg [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0122000, (accessed 23 July 2026).
"Angus, a Railway Station near Johannesburg." South African History Online, 23 Sept. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0122000. Accessed 23 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Angus, a Railway Station near Johannesburg." South African History Online. September 23, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0122000.
Further reading
South African Railways and Harbours Workers Union
Vanderbijlpark
James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
Meadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
Vereeniging, a City in Gauteng
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