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{{Short description|Railway station in Windhoek, Namibia}}
{{Infobox station
| name=Windhoek
| type=[[TransNamib]]
| style =
| image= Bahnhof Windhoek.jpg
| image_size=
| image_caption= Front view of the [[station building]]
| address= Bahnhof Street, [[Windhoek]], [[Namibia]]
| coordinates={{coord|22.5594|S|17.081|E|source:kolossus-dewiki|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[Windhoek–Gobabis railway|Windhoek-Gobabis]] <br/> [[Windhoek–Nakop railway|Windhoek-Nakop]] <br/> [[Windhoek–Kranzberg railway|Windhoek-Kranzberg]]
| other =
| structure=At-grade
| platform= 2 (at-grade)
| depth=
| levels=1
| tracks=3
| parking=yes
| bicycle=
| baggage_check=
| passengers=
| pass_year=
| pass_percent=
| pass_system=
| opened=1912
| closed=
| rebuilt=
| electrified=no
| accessible=yes
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'''Windhoek railway station''' ({{langx|de|Bahnhof Windhuk}}) is a railway station serving the city of [[Windhoek]], the capital of [[Namibia]]. It is an important station in the [[Rail transport in Namibia|Namibian rail network]], and it is run by [[TransNamib]].

==History==
The first railway line to reach Windhoek was the one from [[Swakopmund]], built between 1897 and 1902 during [[German Empire|Imperial Germany's]] colonial rule of [[German South West Africa]]. In 1914 this line was extended to Walvis Bay. The southern line from Lüderitz (built 1906) was connected via [[Keetmanshoop]] to Windhoek in 1912. In 1930 the eastern line to Gobabis was built.<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=6 November 2012}}</ref>

==Building==
The station was built in a [[Cape Dutch architecture|Cape Dutch-style]] and is located on Bahnhof street. An additional northern wing was constructed by South African Railways in 1929 to match the existing style of the building.

The station also houses the small [[Trans-Namib Railroad Museum]] which outlines Namibian transport history, particularly that of the railway. Opened on July 1, 1993, the exhibition consists of a wide range of railway equipment, maps and related items which date back to German colonial times. Another part of the exhibition is dedicated to Namibian Airways history and Namibian Maritime history. You can also see the crockery and cutlery used in the dining cars of South African Railways in Namibia along with telecommunication and electrical equipment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.namibweb.com/railmuseum.htm|title = TransNamib Railway Museum | Windhoek | Namibia}}</ref>

Across from the entrance stands the German locomotive ''Poor Ole Joe'', one half of a [[South West African Zwillinge]] No 154A, the sole surviving specimen of this type of steam locomotive. It was originally shipped to Swakopmund in 1899 and reassembled for the run to Windhoek<ref>{{Paxton-Bourne|page=117, 121}}</ref>

==Services==
Windhoek is connected to a number of towns in the north of Namibia via the railway junction in [[Kranzberg railway station|Kranzberg]], which lies on the Windhoek-Swakopmund-Walvis Bay route.<ref name="KDRail"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=200>
File:Dunst Windhoek Oct 2002 slide013.jpg|The station building and platforms
File:Namibia - Railway station in Windhoek.jpg|A small steam locomotive, one half of a [[Zwillinge (Locomotives)|Zwillinge]] No 154A., in front of Windhoek Station
</gallery>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Windhoek train station}}
*[http://structurae.net/structures/windhoek-railway-station Windhoek railway station at structurae.net]
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/windhoek+railway+station/@-22.555989,17.080889,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb77faf47087610ba?sa=X&ei=UKOPVOGGL4bzUv2qgsgM&ved=0CIEBEPwSMA4|title=Windhoek station}}
*[http://www.namibweb.com/railways.htm First railway lines in Namibia]

{{TransNamib}}
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Windhoek]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Namibia opened in 1912]]
[[Category:TransNamib Railway]]
[[Category:1912 establishments in German South West Africa]]

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