Strand is a suburban station at the end of a small branch, that is off the main Bredasdorp branch, which takes off at Van Der Stel. It never had a signal cabin, but did have the smallest frame in South Africa of only 1 lever. It was situated on the verandah outside the station masters office. It was a detector station with hand tumblers at the points, This set up of having just a single home signal was the same as Inchanga, Avoca & Bethesda's Road. Van Schoor Semi Automatic was in use between here & Van Der Stel. By the early 1990's, the semaphore signal was disconnected. Up until recently (2020), Van Schoor was still in use, with the train crews operating the machine (Automatic) with Van Der Stel. However this has all gone now, as a New C.T.C. is being installed.