/Locomotive shortage keeps Desert Express off the tracks

Locomotive shortage keeps Desert Express off the tracks

AS POST-COVID tourism gradually picks up, the Desert Express, once one of the jewels in Namibia’s tourism crown, remains out of service.

The much-loved luxury train has not been operating since the Covid-19 lockdown hit Namibia in April 2020.

TransNamib CEO Johny Smith said the company does not have sufficient operational locomotives to accommodate the pulling of the Desert Express’s small fleet of rolling stock.

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