Otavi

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

is located in the mining town of

Otavi Otavi is a town with 10,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. Situated 360 km north of Windhoek, it is the district capital of the Otavi electoral constituency. Geography The towns of Otavi, Tsumeb (to the north) and Gr ...

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

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. Geogr ...

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

Grootfontein Grootfontein (, named after the nearby hot springs) is a city with 26,839 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia. It is one of the three towns in the Otavi Triangle, situated on the B8 road (Namibia), B8 national road that lead ...

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 ...

Ondangwa Ondangwa (earlier spelling ''Ondangua'') is a town in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, bordering the Oshikoto Region. It had a population of 30,364 people in 2023. Ondangwa was first established as a mission station of the Finnish Missi ...

, Tsumeb Airport at

Tsumeb Tsumeb (; ) is a city of around 35,000 inhabitants and the largest town in the Oshikoto Region, Oshikoto region in northern Namibia. Tsumeb, since its founding in 1905, has been primarily a mining town. The town is the site of a deep mine (the ...

, and Otjiwarongo Airport at

Otjiwarongo Otjiwarongo (Herero language, Herero for "beautiful place") is a city of 49,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Otjiwarongo Constituency, Otjiwarongo electoral constituency and also the capital ...

. *

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, 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