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The railway line from Otjiwarongo to Outjo is 69 kilometres (43 mi) long. The first 26 kilometres (16 mi) were completed under the German colonial administration in 1914/1915; the railway line was named Amboland Railway in reference to the territory of the Ovambo people. The link to Outjo was completed in 1921 under South African rule. [2]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Railway stations in Namibia by year of opening (6 C) T. TransNamib ...
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Karibib Railway Station, ca. 1920. The history of rail transport in Namibia began with a small mining rail line at Cape Cross in 1895. The first major railway project was started in 1897 when the German Colonial Authority built the 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge Staatsbahn (State Railway) from Swakopmund to Windhoek.
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. In 1980 the extension was replaced by an alternative route behind the ...
Oshikango railway station is a terminal railway station on the Namibian-Angolan border serving the village of Oshikango and the town of Helao Nafidi. It is part of the TransNamib Railway railway network. The railway station was inaugurated on 5 July 2012 by the Namibian president Hifikepunye Pohamba. [1]