Windhoek Railway Station
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Windhoek
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| File:Bahnhof Windhoek.jpg
Front view of the station building
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| Location | Bahnhof Street, Windhoek, Namibia |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Line(s) | Windhoek-Gobabis Windhoek-Nakop Windhoek-Kranzberg |
| Platforms | 2 (at-grade) |
| Tracks | 3 |
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| 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]
Gallery
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Bahnhof Windhoek - Bahnsteig.JPG
The station platforms
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Namibia - Railway station in Windhoek.jpg
A small steam locomotive, one half of a Zwillinge No 154A., in front of Windhoek Station
See also
References
External links
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- Windhoek railway station at structurae.net
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- First railway lines in Namibia
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| Northern Extension | |
| Windhoek-Walvis Bay |
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| Windhoek-Gobabis | |
| Windhoek-Upington | |
| Keetmanshoop-Lüderitz | |
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