Windhoek Railway Station

Windhoek
TransNamib

Front view of the station building
Location Bahnhof Street, Windhoek, Namibia
Coordinates 22°33′34″S 17°04′52″E / 22.5594°S 17.081°ECoordinates: 22°33′34″S 17°04′52″E / 22.5594°S 17.081°E
Line(s) Windhoek-Gobabis
Windhoek-Nakop
Windhoek-Kranzberg
Platforms 2 (at-grade)
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Platform levels 1
Parking yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1912
Electrified no

Windhoek Railway Station (German: Bahnhof Windhoek / Bahnhof Windhuk) is a railway station serving the city of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is an important station in the Namibian rail network, and it is run by TransNamib.

Overview

The first railway line to reach Windhoek was the one from Swakopmund, built in 1902 during Imperial Germany's colonial rule of German South West Africa. In 1914 this line was extended to Walvis Bay. The southern line from Lüderitz (built 1906) was connected via Keetmanshoop to Windhoek in 1912. In 1930 the eastern line to Gobabis was built.[1]

Windhoek is connected to a number of towns in the north of Namibia via the railway junction in Kranzberg, which lies on the Windhoek-Swakopmund-Walvis Bay route.[1]

The locomotive plinthed in front of the station is one half of a South West African Zwillinge No 154A, the sole surviving specimen of this type of steam locomotive.[2]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dierks, Klaus. "The Development of the Namibian Railway Network. The Rail History Until the 1990s". www.klausdierks.com. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 117, 121. ISBN 0869772112.

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