Otavi

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

is located in the mining town of Otavi in

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

central

Otjozondjupa Region Otjozondjupa is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Otjiwarongo. The region further contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. , Otjozondjupa had 97,945 registered voters. Ge ...

. It is served by a mostly freight railway and limited number of passenger service. The extension of the railway towards the east to

Grootfontein , nickname = , settlement_type = City , motto = Fons Vitæ , image_skyline = Grootfontein grass.jpg , imagesize = 300px , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_si ...

is exclusively for freight service.

Nearest airport

The nearest airports are

Ondangwa Airport Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Airport formerly known as Ondangwa Airport is an airport serving Ondangwa, a town in the Oshana Region of Namibia. The airport is about northwest of the center of Ondangwa. The Ondangwa non-directional beacon (Ident: OA) ...

at Ondangwa,

Tsumeb Airport Tsumeb Airport is an airport serving Tsumeb, a town in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. The airport is just east of the town. Tsumeb is the location of a former mining operation and is the closest town to the Etosha National Park. The Tsumeb non- ...

Tsumeb , nickname = , settlement_type = City , motto = ''Glück Auf'' (German for ''Good luck'') , image_skyline = Welcome to tsumeb.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag ...

, and

Otjiwarongo Airport Otjiwarongo Airport is an airport serving Otjiwarongo, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. The Otjiwarongo non-directional beacon (Ident: OW) is near the in-town location of the former Otjiwarongo Center Airport (closed), southwest of the cu ...

Otjiwarongo Otjiwarongo ( hz, beautiful place) is a city of 28,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Otjiwarongo electoral constituency and also the capital of Otjozondjupa. Otjiwarongo is situated in c ...

. *

List of airports in Namibia This is a list of airports in Namibia, sorted by location. List of airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. See also * Transport in Namibia * List of airports by ICAO code: F# ...

Adjacent station(s)

* (north) -

Tsumeb railway station Tsumeb railway station is a station located in the mining town of Tsumeb in northeastern Namibia. History Trains Transport It is served by a mostly freight railway. The extension of the railway towards the Angolan border in 2012 provi ...

, Oshikango railway station * (south) - Otjiwarongo railway station * (east) - Grootfontein railway station

References

External links

Official site
* Buildings and structures in Otjozondjupa Region Railway stations in Namibia TransNamib Railway {{Africa-railstation-stub