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{{Short description|Railway station in Namibia}}
[[File:Alter Bahnhof Swakopmund Hotel.jpg|right|thumb|360px|Former station building of Swakopmund, now serving as a hotel.]]
'''Swakopmund railway station''' ({{langx|de|Bahnhof Swakopmund}}) is a [[railway station]] serving the town of [[Swakopmund]] in [[Namibia]]. It is part of the [[TransNamib]] railway network.
Its IATA code is ZSZ.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.theairdb.com/airport/ZSZ.html
|title=Swakopmund, Railway Station (ZSZ) information
|work=TheAirDB
|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref>

==Overview==
Swakopmund was the starting point of the first state railway line in [[German South West Africa]]. The railway station was built in 1901, as a terminal on the [[German Empire|Imperial Germany's]] colonial [[Kaiserliche Eisenbahn]] line connecting Swakopmund with the capital [[Windhoek]].<ref name="ArmstrongBainbridge2010">{{cite book|last1=Armstrong|first1=Kate|last2=Bainbridge|first2=James|last3=Firestone|first3=Matthew D.|title=Southern Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oMKf-rqYjFgC&pg=PA349|year=2010|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74059-545-2|page=349}}</ref> The station was designed by [[Willi Sander]], who also later designed [[Swakopmund Lighthouse]].<ref name="TonchiLindeke2012">{{cite book|last1=Tonchi|first1=Victor L.|last2=Lindeke|first2=William A.|last3=Grotpeter|first3=John J.|title=Historical Dictionary of Namibia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUkGQ6xfYkgC&pg=PA413|date=31 August 2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7990-4|page=413}}</ref> In 1914 the extension to [[Walvis Bay]] was completed, with a railtrack very close to the shore of the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. In 1980 this extension was replaced by an alternative route behind the dunes that allowed for higher axle load.<ref name="KDRail">{{cite web
|url=http://www.klausdierks.com/Namibia_Rail/2.htm
|title=The Development of the Namibian Railway Network. The Rail History Until the 1990s
|last=Dierks
|first=Klaus
|authorlink=Klaus Dierks
|publisher=www.klausdierks.com
|accessdate=15 November 2012}}</ref>

The station building, declared a national monument in 1972,<ref name="Karlin2010">{{cite book|last=Karlin|first=Adam|title=Botswana & Namibia|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781741049220|url-access=registration|year=2010|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-922-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781741049220/page/314 314]}}</ref> today serves as a hotel and casino;<ref name="Theroux2013">{{cite book|last=Theroux|first=Paul|title=The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780618839339|url-access=registration|year=2013|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-618-83933-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780618839339/page/92 92]}}</ref><ref name="Ejikeme2011">{{cite book|last=Ejikeme|first=Anene|title=Culture and Customs of Namibia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dakBs6q72jkC&pg=PA85|date=22 July 2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-35892-0|page=85}}</ref> nowadays trains stop further inland to the east of the original building. There is another former station building in Swakopmund, the ''O.M.E.G. Bahnhof'' of the private mining company ''[[Otavi Mining and Railway Company|Otavi Minen und Eisenbahn Gesellschaft]]'', today housing a museum.

==See also==
* [[Rail transport in Namibia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{TransNamib}}

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[[Category:Swakopmund]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Namibia opened in 1901]]
[[Category:TransNamib Railway]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Erongo Region]]
[[Category:1901 establishments in German South West Africa]]

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