Swakopmund railway station
Swakopmund railway station (
railway network. Its IATA code is ZSZ.[1]Overview
Swakopmund was the starting point of the first state railway line in
Willi Sander, who also later designed Swakopmund Lighthouse.[3] In 1914 the extension to Walvis Bay was completed, with a railtrack very close to the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. In 1980 this extension was replaced by an alternative route behind the dunes that allowed for higher axle load.[4]
The station building, declared a national monument in 1972,[5] today serves as a hotel and casino;[6][7] nowadays trains stop further inland to the east of the original building. There is another former station building in Swakopmund, the O.M.E.G. Bahnhof of the private mining company Otavi Minen und Eisenbahn Gesellschaft, today housing a museum.
See also
References
- ^ "Swakopmund, Railway Station (ZSZ) information". TheAirDB. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-74059-545-2.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7990-4.
- ^ Dierks, Klaus. "The Development of the Namibian Railway Network. The Rail History Until the 1990s". www.klausdierks.com. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-74104-922-0.
- ISBN 978-0-618-83933-9.
- ISBN 978-0-313-35892-0.
| Windhoek-Tsumeb | |
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| Northern Extension | |
| Windhoek-Walvis Bay |
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| Windhoek-Gobabis | |
| Windhoek-Upington | |
| Keetmanshoop-Lüderitz | |
