Desert Express
| Desert Express | |
|---|---|
| city | Windhoek , Swakopmund |
| Website | www.transnamib.com.na |
| Hotel information | |
| opening | April 3, 1998 |
| building | Luxury train |
| owner | TransNamib |
| Awards | 7th place luxury trains worldwide (2015) |
| Furnishing | |
| room | 24 |
| Restaurants | 1 |
| Bars | 1 |
The Desert Express has been a Namibian luxury train since April 3, 1998 under the responsibility of the state-owned transport company TransNamib . It operated weekly between Windhoek and Swakopmund until the beginning of 2015 . Since then it has been overhauled and renovated. A transfer of the train to a new company is also planned. The Desert Express has been running every two weeks since August 23, 2019. Operations are to be maintained until at least March 2020. [outdated]
The Desert Express has 24 suites in four cars , as well as one car each with a restaurant, bar and lounge. It was voted the 7th most luxurious train in the world by The New Zealand Herald in early 2015.
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Desert Express (English)
- Former official website of the Desert Express ( Memento from November 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Article on Desert Express , telegraph.co.uk (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Desert Express - Namibia's 5 Star Luxury Train. Namibweb. Retrieved July 23, 2015
- ^ Desert Express. Luxury Train Club. Retrieved July 22, 2015
- ^ TransNamib's changes roll on. Informanté, January 22, 2015 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 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.
- ^ Desert Express. Namibia reservations. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ↑ Desert Express 2019 - A journey to remember. Namibia Adventures, August 27, 2019, accessed on September 1, 2019 .
- ^ Ten of the world's finest luxury trains. NZ Heral, February 2, 2015
