Karibib Railway Station

Karibib Railway Station, 2006

Karibib Railway Station, ca. 1920

Karibib Railway Station is a railway station serving the town of Karibib in Namibia. It is part of the TransNamib Railway.

Karibib is situated on the Windhoek—Swakopmund line, built in 1902 during Imperial Germany's colonial rule of German South West Africa. In 1914 this line was extended to Walvis Bay.^[1]

Karibib is connected to a number of towns in the north of Namibia via the railway junction at Kranzberg, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of town, and to the south and east of Namibia via Windhoek.^[1]

See also

• Rail transport in Namibia

References

Railways stations on the TransNamib Railway Windhoek-Tsumeb Windhoek Okahandja Karibib Kranzberg Omaruru Otjiwarongo Otavi Tsumeb Northern Extension Tsumeb Ondangwa Oshikango Windhoek-Walvis Bay Windhoek Okahandja Karibib Kranzberg Usakos Swakopmund Walvis Bay Windhoek-Gobabis Windhoek Neudamm Omitara Gobabis Windhoek-Upington Windhoek Rehoboth Mariental Maltahöhe Gibeon Asab Tses Keetmanshoop Seeheim Karasburg Upington Keetmanshoop-Lüderitz Keetmanshoop Seeheim Aus Lüderitz

Coordinates: 21°56′11″S 15°51′11″E / 21.93639°S 15.85306°E / -21.93639; 15.85306