Northern Railway Line Extension Project

This a tree phased project of which Phase I (246km) Tsumeb-Ondangwa and Phase II (60Km) Ondangwa-Oshikango of new rail are completed. Phase III (28Km) between Ondangwa and Oshakati is currently under construction. It will consist of 48kg/m rails on concrete sleepers.

Under phase III the following contracts are currently running;

  • Construction of Road over Rail Bridge at km 5.6 on the Ondangwa -Oshakati road- and the Earthworks embankment between km 14 and km 28 are completed.
  • Construction of Earthworks embankment between km 0 and km 14 is ongoing.
    • Completed---we are to for next component –Station Buildings and Platforms