Otavi Mining and Railway Company

Otavi Railway
History
Opened1906
Technical
Line length567 km (352 mi)
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Old gauge600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in)
Minimum radius150 m (492 ft)
Route map

Walvis Bay
Kuiseb
Swakopmund-Jetty
2 m
Swakopmund-Mole
Turning loop Swakopmund
0
Swakopmund
23
Namib
43
Rössing
60
Arandis
Treckkopje
78
Karup
94
110
Ebony
120
Stingbank
Stingbank-Bridge
134
Aukas
151
Usakos
Main workshops
Turning loop Kranzberg
167
Kranzberg
Etiro
Etiro-bridge
198
Erongo
211
Kanona
236
Omaruru
Esibtal-bridge
Top
1589 m
260
Epako
285
Otuë
307
Kalkfeld
Okowakuatjivi
Avand
343
Erundu
from Outjo
379
Otjiwarongo
403
Okawe
428
Okaputa
462
Komukanti
497
Otavi
to Grootfontein
523
Korab
546
Bobos
from Oshikango
567
Tsumeb
Tsumeb-Copper mine

The Otavi Mining and Railway Company (Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft or OMEG) was a railway and mining company in German South West Africa (today's Namibia). It was founded on 6 April 1900 in Berlin with the Disconto-Gesellschaft and the South West Africa Company as major shareholders.[1]

  1. ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1900". Retrieved 23 July 2010.