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'''Seeheim railway station''' is a [[railway station]] serving the settlement of [[Seeheim]] in southern [[Namibia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mapy.cz |url=https://en.mapy.cz/zakladni?source=osm&id=126977448&x=17.7999783&y=-26.8162472&z=17 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Mapy.cz}}</ref> It is part of the [[TransNamib|TransNamib Railway]], and is located along the line that leads from [[Windhoek]] southwards.<br />
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At Seeheim the railway splits; one line continues to [[Upington]], connecting Namibia with [[South Africa]], the other one once led to [[Lüderitz]]. The passenger line to Lüderitz has been defunct for many years because the rails were destroyed between [[Aus, Namibia|Aus]] and Lüderitz.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Once upon a time in Seeheim |url=https://www.travelnewsnamibia.com/once-upon-a-time-in-seeheim/ |access-date=2024-10-03 |language=en-GB}}</ref> This missing section is currently being rebuilt. Until its estimated finish in 2010, the few irregular passenger trains to the West end in Aus.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Seeheim was founded in 1896 as a base for the German [[Schutztruppe]]. Early in the 20th century its sole purpose was that of a junction station where the lines from [[Keetmanshoop]] diverted to [[Lüderitz]] and [[Karasburg]]. The line Keetmanshoop-Lüderitz was built from 1905 to 1908, the line Keetmanshoop-Karasburg in 1909.<ref name="KDRail">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.klausdierks.com/Namibia_Rail/2.htm<br />
|title=The Development of the Namibian Railway Network. The Rail History Until the 1990s<br />
|last=Dierks<br />
|first=Klaus<br />
|authorlink=Klaus Dierks<br />
|publisher=www.klausdierks.com<br />
|accessdate=3 February 2018}}</ref> The [[World War I|First World War]] was the reason to build these railway links through inhospitable land. Soon however, transport demand peaked due to the [[diamond rush]] that developed after a railway worker picked up a diamond near [[Grasplatz]] station, 24 kilometers east of Lüderitz. People travelling from the inland to Lüderitz had to stay overnight at Seeheim junction. This was the reason for the erection of two hotels, one of which is again in operation today after standing empty for 30 years.<ref>{{cite web<br />
| url = http://www.seeheim.co.za/<br />
| title = Website of Seeheim Hotel<br />
| publisher = Zirkie Kloppers<br />
| accessdate = 2008-12-30<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==See also ==<br />
{{Commonscat|Seeheim (Namibia)}}<br />
* [[History of rail transport in Namibia]]<br />
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