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== Railway == Rail transport in Namibia is operated on a 2,687-kilometre network by [[TransNamib]]. [[File:Namibia rail network map.svg|thumb|Map of the rail network of Namibia]] [[File:TransNamib near Kolmanskop.jpg|thumb|[[TransNamib]] train near [[Kolmanskop]].]] {{main|Rail transport in Namibia}} === Railway links to adjacent countries === * [[Transportation in Angola|Angola]] - There is currently no rail connection to Angola, although an agreement has been signed for a link. Angola uses the same gauge,{{RailGauge|1067mm}}, as Namibia.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.afrol.com/articles/14973| title = Gauge}}</ref> ([[Rail transport in Angola]]) * [[Transportation in Botswana|Botswana]] - There is currently no rail link with Botswana, though the two countries use the same gauge. As of February 2011, construction on a [[Trans-Kalahari Railway|Trans-Kalahari rail link]] between Botswanan coal fields and [[Walvis Bay]] was expected to begin in a year and a half.<ref name="Expansion">[http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=133585 BusinessLive], retrieved February 17, 2011</ref> ([[Rail transport in Botswana]]) * [[Transport in South Africa|South Africa]] - There is a rail connection to South Africa; the two countries use the same {{RailGauge|1067mm}} gauge. ([[Rail transport in South Africa]]) * [[Transportation in Zambia|Zambia]] - There is currently no rail-link with Zambia, though the two countries use the same gauge. As of February 2011, there has been some talk of extending rail to the Zambian border.<ref name="Future expansion">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110208180603/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2011/february/article/transkalahari-railway-to-steam-ahead-in-2012/ TransKalahari Railway to steam ahead in 2012], retrieved February 17, 2011</ref> ([[Rail transport in Zambia]])
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