Scenic route
Desert Express
Windhoek → Swakopmund · Namibia
- Distance
- 356 km
- Fastest time
- 19 h
- Top speed
- 90 km/h
- Operator
- TransNamib
- Train
- TransNamib lounge & sleeper cars, GE diesels
- Countries
- Namibia
- In service since
- 1998
A slow luxury run from the highland capital down the escarpment to the Atlantic, with dune walks as the Namib shifts from gold to coastal fog.
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