Railways in Jamaica

The railways in Jamaica forms a net of 272 km length. Of this is since 1992 still only 57 km in use for transporting bauxite to ports and passenger traffic on some routes.Passenger transport has no more place from 1992 to 2011 found. Starting from July 2011, passenger transport in 3 phases again imported around the cities Spanish Townand Kingston.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == The Jamaican rail network is largely constructed between 1845 and 1896. The route was on 21 november 1845 Kingston-Spanish Town into use. This was one of the first rail lines outside Europe and the United States. It was the second railway line in a British colony was opened. [1]  [2]
 * 2 current situation
 * 3 Stations
 * 4 Lines

At the end of the nineteenth century Jamaica had a rail network over the whole island with a length of 298 km. between 1900 and the Second World War, there are still 50 miles of sidings laid out. The track is primarily laid out to agricultural products as bananas, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus and coconut plantations in an efficient manner to the cities, ports and the processing industry to transport. But also after the abolition of slavery resulting group of small farmers used the railway to transport their products to market.

The rail network of Jamaica ca. 1945Since the 40s of the twentieth century is in Jamaica bauxite won. The various miningcompanies have for transporting bauxite to ports some own lines laid out and they are start using the national rail network.

After a serious accident in 1957 with 175 fatalities[3], it was decided to modernise the outdated rail company and new equipment was purchased. But the decline of the plantation economy, the rise of road traffic and the damage that hurricanes wreak led to a sharp drop in the transport of goods and passengers. In the 1970s came the Jamaica Railway Corporation formed in 1960 still further in the red. The Government chose to subsidise the company and thus to maintain rail transport. Because of the lack of resources was, however, neglected the maintenance of buildings and infrastructure. Also the transport on single lines discontinued. In 1988,Hurricane Gilbert caused extensive damage to the net, especially at the line, no longer in use, along the North coast to Port Antonio.

In addition to the regular transport of passengers and goods there were special tourist trains, such as the Appleton Express coming in from Montego Bay to the Appleton-plantation and distillery reed. ==Current situation[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Passenger transport was completely shut down in 1992, after the Jamaican Government decided the Jamaica Railway Corporation no longer subsidize. Because road traffic often leaves much to be desired there were plans to Chinese capital with the help of the line between Kingston and Montego Bay weather in good condition, so that trains may go there again (people) drive.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  In 2011 is on a part of the net reintroduced passenger transport, of Spanish Town to Linstead. In the fall of 2011 there will be trains run between Spanish Town and Williamfield again. After the restoration of a railway bridge was the Jamaica Railway Corporation intend to in 2012 between Spanish Town and Kingston to run passenger trains again <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]. Because of the disappointing results (estimated loss € 15,000/month) is decided to completely stop as of 21 August 2012 travel <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] . ==Stations<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Between 1845 and 1896, most stations in the classic Jamaican-builtGeorgian style . The buildings show a large variation among themselves, even if they are along the same line are risen. Most of the buildings are in poor condition by years of poor maintenance by the Jamaica Railway Corporation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [8] ==Lines<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="62" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The following lines are engaged between 1845 and 1925:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For the transport of bauxite mines and later railway lines are built to the harbours in Port Esquivel (used by Alcan), Rocky Point (Alcoa), Port Kaiser (Alpart) and Discovery Bay (Kaiser). The mining company Reynolds has its own rail network.
 * Kingston-Spanish Town- May Pen - Williamsfield -Montego Bay
 * Spanish Town- Bog Walk - Ewarton Linstead -
 * Bog Walk- Buff Bay -Port Antonio (Buff Bay-Port Antonio closed in 1979, Bog Walk-Buff Bay in 1985)
 * Linstead-New Works (closed)
 * May Pen- Frankfield (closed in 1974)