Tsumeb railway station | |
Type: | Namibian Railway station |
Style: | Namib railway |
Address: | Tsumeb, Northeastern Namibia |
Country: | Namibia |
Coordinates: | -19.2297°N 17.7023°W |
Elevation: | 1281m (4,203feet) |
Line: | Windhoek–Tsumeb Northern Extension |
Structure: | At Ground Single-track |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 5 |
Parking: | Available |
Electrified: | No. |
Accessible: | yes |
Operator: | TransNamib |
Status: | Functional |
Tsumeb railway station is a station located in the mining town of Tsumeb in northeastern Namibia.[1]
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, and Tsumeb station now finds itself a terminal station east of the triangle.
Tsumeb has a plant for the manufacture of concrete sleepers.
The nearest airports are Ondangwa Airport at Ondangwa, Tsumeb Airport at Tsumeb, and Otjiwarongo Airport at Otjiwarongo.