TABLE OF CONTENT

1.0 NAMIBIA'S RAILWAY SYSTEM - FUTURE LINK TO AFRICA
1.1 INTRODUCTION: NAMIBIAN ECONOMY AND TRANSPORT
2.0 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAMIBIAN RAILWAY NETWORK
2.1 THE RAIL HISTORY UNTIL THE 1990s
2.1.1 THE GERMAN PERIOD: 1895 - 1915
TABLE 1: NAMIBIAN RAILWAY LINES IN THE GERMAN PERIOD
2.1.2 THE SOUTH AFRICAN PERIOD 1915 - 1989
2.2 THE CURRENT NAMIBIAN RAIL SYSTEM
TABLE 2: THE PRESENT RAILWAY SYSTEM IN NAMIBIA
TABLE 3: NAMIBIA RAILWAY SYSTEM : TECHNICAL DATA, 1981
3.0 THE TRANS-KALAHARI-RAILWAY-LINK IN PERSPECTIVE
3.1 THE TRANS-KALAHARI-LINK BETWEEN 1880 AND 1966
3.2 THE TRANS-KALAHARI-LINK BETWEEN 1966 AND 1990
3.3 NEW PROSPECTS AFTER NAMIBIA'S INDEPENDENCE
4.0 ASPECTS OF NAMIBIAN RAILWAY TRANSPORT
4.0 ASPECTS OF NAMIBIAN RAILWAY TRANSPORT
4.1 PAST AND PRESENT ECONOMIC RAILWAY ASPECTS
TABLE 4: RAIL TRAFFIC ESTIMATE 1983 (IN THOUSAND TONS)
TABLE 5: TOTAL RAIL TONNAGE IN NAMIBIA: 1980 - 1985
TABLE 6: DISTRIBUTION OF RAIL TONNAGES FOR 1984/85
TABLE 7: TRAFFIC BY MODE AND CLASS: 1988/89 (IN 1.000 TONS)
TABLE 8: TRAFFIC SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT: 1990 - 2000
TABLE 9: ROLLING STOCK USED IN NAMIBIA: 1983 ESTIMATE
TABLE 10: TRANSNAMIB RAIL TRAFFIC FOR 1992 TO 1994
4.1.1 TRAFFIC FLOWS IN NAMIBIA
TABLE 11: MODAL SPLIT OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN NAMIBIA AND RSA: 1993/94
TABLE 12: FINANCIAL RAIL PERFORMANCE: 1990/91
TABLE 13: UTILISATION OF NAMIBIAN RAILWAYS: 1990/91
4.2 FUTURE ECONOMIC STRATEGIES FOR THE NAMIBIAN RAILWAYS
TABLE 14: RAILWAY RESTRUCTURING: OBJECTIVES, CONSTRAINTS, OPTIONS
TABLE 15: HUMAN RESOURCES OPTIONS IN RAILWAY RESTRUCTURING
5.0 SUMMARY
6.0 ENDNOTES
7.0 SOURCES AND RELATED READINGS

DOCUMENTATION: NORTHERN RAILWAY LINE: TSUMEB - OSHIKANGO

DOCUMENTATION: RE-CONSTRUCTION: AUS TO LÜDERITZ RAILWAY LINE