Tsumeb railway station is a station located in the mining town of
Tsumeb
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in northeastern
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 ...
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History
Trains
Transport
It is served by a mostly freight railway. The extension of the railway towards the
Angolan border in 2012 provided a bypass formed by a
Triangle
A triangle is a polygon with three edges and three vertices. It is one of the basic shapes in geometry. A triangle with vertices ''A'', ''B'', and ''C'' is denoted \triangle ABC.
In Euclidean geometry, any three points, when non- colline ...
, and Tsumeb station now finds itself a terminal station east of the triangle.
Tsumeb has a plant for the manufacture of
concrete sleeper
A concrete sleeper (British English) or concrete tie (American English) is a type of railway sleeper or railroad tie made out of steel reinforced concrete.
History
In 1877, Joseph Monier, a French gardener, suggested that concrete reinforced ...
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Nearest airports
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- ...
at
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Otjiwarongo Airport at
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.
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Adjacent station(s)
* North –
Ondangwa,
Oshikango
Oshikango is a former village in northern Namibia and since 2004 part of the town of Helao Nafidi, although it still maintained its own village council for a number of years. ''Oshikango'' is still the name of the border post with Angola and the ...
* West –
Otavi
See also
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Railway stations in Namibia
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing such ...
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Transport in Namibia
This article deals with the system of transport in Namibia, both public and private.
General History
The beginnings of organised travel and transport routes in the territory of South West Africa, today Namibia, have not yet been established. This ...
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Oshikoto Region
Oshikoto is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, named after Lake Otjikoto. Its capital is Omuthiya. The city of Tsumeb, Otjikoto's capital until 2008, and the towns of Omuthiya and Oniipa are also situated in this region. , Oshikoto had 112, ...
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Etosha National Park
Etosha National Park is a national park in northwestern Namibia and one of the largest national parks in Africa. It was proclaimed a game reserve in March 1907 in Ordinance 88 by the Governor of German South West Africa, Friedrich von Lindequist. ...
References
External links
Tsumeb
Buildings and structures in Oshikoto Region
Railway stations in Namibia
TransNamib Railway
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