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Railway network of Namibia Luxury passenger train at Simplon [1] (Between Sandverhaar and Goageb) in 2015. The rail service in Namibia is provided by TransNamib. The Namibian rail network consists of 2,687 km of tracks (2017). Namibia has a history of more than 100 years of railway service.
The first state railway line in German South West Africa was the connection between Swakopmund and Windhoek, built in 1902 during Imperial Germany's colonial rule. In 1914 this line was extended to Walvis Bay, with a railtrack very close to the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
The beginnings of organised travel and transport routes in the territory of South West Africa, today Namibia, have not yet been established.This is due to the lack of any written records relating to roads prior to the twilight of the 19th century. [1]
Passenger train in Namibia at the time of the South African occupation. Under South African/British occupation, the following lines were established (listed by first year of full operation): [3] 1914: Walvis Bay–Swakopmund in 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm). 1915: Swakopmund–Karibib: Reconstruction in 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm).
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The first railway line to reach Windhoek was the one from Swakopmund, built between 1897-1902 during Imperial Germany's colonial rule of German South West Africa.In 1914 this line was extended to Walvis Bay.