Windhoek Railway Station

Windhoek Station
	The historic main building of the train station
Data
Design	Through station
Platform tracks	4th
opening	1912
Website URL	www.transnamib.com.na
Architectural data
Architectural style	Wilhelmine , Art Nouveau
location
region	Khomas
Country	Namibia
Coordinates	22 ° 33 '34 " S , 17 ° 4' 51" E Coordinates: 22 ° 33 '34 " S , 17 ° 4' 51" E
Height ( SO )	1632 m
Railway lines
	Windhoek – Gobabis; Windhoek – Nakop; Windhoek – Kranzberg;

The Windhoek station ( English Windhoek Station ) is the station of the Namibian capital Windhoek .

Infrastructure and architecture

Railway station around 1914

The rail network at the Windhoek passenger station comprises three tracks, two of which are platform tracks. There are also five shunting tracks and four sidings. The expanded freight station north of the main building has a track harp of 23 tracks plus additional facilities. However, only single-track routes to the north and south leave the urban area of Windhoek.

The current station building was inaugurated in 1912. It was built in the Wilhelmine style with Art Nouveau elements by the German colonial power in German South West Africa . The Old Joe narrow-gauge locomotive in front of the building also dates from this period.

The TransNamib Museum is located on the first floor of the reception building .

Routes and connections

The first rail connection in Namibia was started in 1902 from Windhoek to Swakopmund . In 1912, together with the opening of the station, the connection to Keetmanshoop was opened . These routes are still among the most important connections from Windhoek today.

There are regular combined freight and passenger connections to Swakopmund and further to Walvis Bay, Gobabis, Keetmanshoop and to Otjiwarongo , Tsumeb and on to Oshikango. There are pure freight connections from Windhoek to Aus and in the future ^[obsolete] on the Südbahn again to Lüderitz . There are luxurious connections with the Desert Express regularly to Swakopmund.

gallery

Windhoek freight yard (2018)
Platform behind the historic main building

Web links

Commons : Windhoek Railway Station - collection of images, videos and audio files

Windhoek Railway Station. In: Structurae
Official website of the train station in Windhoek, incl.photos (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Travel Tips Namibia. Sueddeutsche.de accessed on February 6, 2015
↑ Starline timetable 2013/2014. TransNamib ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 21, 2014 @1@ 2
↑ Desert Express 20 Desert Express 2013 Itinerary. TransNamib ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 21, 2014 @1@ 2

[1] Travel Tips Namibia. Sueddeutsche.de accessed on February 6, 2015

[2] Starline timetable 2013/2014. TransNamib ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 21, 2014 @1@ 2

[3] Desert Express 20 Desert Express 2013 Itinerary. TransNamib ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 21, 2014 @1@ 2