page_title: Rail transport in Namibia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Rail transport in Namibia / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Two ex-SAR Class 33 locomotives hauling a TransNamib train south of Keetmanshoop
context_page_description: Rail service in Namibia is provided by TransNamib. Namibias rail network consists of 2,687 route-km of tracks.
  Namibia has a history of more than 100 years of railway service. During the colonialisation by the German Empire between 1894 and 1915, a number of railways were built, of which some are still in service today.
caption: A TransNamib locomotives SAR Class 33-400 in Keetmanshoop.
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