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Bog Walk to Port Antonio railway

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Construction, operation and closure
Gradients
Stations and Halts
Tunnels
Bridges
Bibliography
See also
Notes and references

The Bog Walk to Port Antonio railway was a railway in Jamaica built to serve the banana, cacao, citrus and coconut districts of St Catherine, St Mary and Portland.^[1]

Construction, operation and closure

The railway operated from 1896 to 1978. It was temporarily closed from 1975 to 1977.^[2] The line was {{convert|54|mi|km}} long.^[3]

Gradients

The ruling gradient was 1 in 63 with the line climbing approximately {{convert|550|ft|m}} in {{convert|18|mi|km}} (average gradient 1 in 173) from Bog Walk (approximately {{convert|250|ft|m}}) to its summit at Highgate (approximately {{convert|800|ft|m}}) then descending approximately {{convert|750|ft|m}} in just {{convert|9|mi|km}} (average gradient 1 in 63) to the Wag Water Bridge (just above sea level) and continuing for another {{convert|27|mi|km}} more or less on the level and along the coast to Port Antonio.^[4]

Stations and Halts

There were 13 stations and 15 halts:^[4]

Bog Walk Station - Terminus
Crawle Halt
Riversdale Station
Harewood Halt
Darling Spring Halt
Troja railway station
Taja Halt
Richmond Station
Highgate Station
Baughs Halt
Esher Station
Albany railway station
Belfield Halt
Grays Inn Halt
Fort George Halt^[5]
Annotto Bay Station^[5]
Fort Stewart Halt^[5]
Windsor Castle Halt^[5]
Buff Bay Station^[5]
Spring Garden Halt
Orange Bay Station
Hope Bay Station
Robertson's Halt
Saint Margaret's Bay Station
Snow Hill Halt
Passley Gardens Halt
Norwich Halt
Port Antonio Terminus

Tunnels

There were 17 tunnels:^[4]

Tunnel	Approximate length
Riversdale	150\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Harewood	150\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Darling Spring	200\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Cromwell Mountain #1	{{convert\|75\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Cromwell Mountain #2	270\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Cromwell Mountain #3	150\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Cromwell Mountain #4	100\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Cromwell Mountain #5	150\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Cromwell Mountain #6	200\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Cromwell Mountain #7	175\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Taja	250\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Flint River	250\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Richmond	150\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Rock Hill	150\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Hope Bay #1	225\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Hope Bay #2	{{convert\|50\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}
Hope Bay #3	100\|m\|yd\|abbr=off}}

Bridges

There were ten significant bridges.^[4] Approximate bridge lengths^[6] are shown in the route diagram to the right.

B2 & River Doro at Darling Spring/Troja
Orange River at Richmond
Wagwater River
Pencar River^[5]
Dry River^[5]
White River^[5]
Buff Bay River^[5]
Spanish River
Swift River
Rio Grande

Bibliography

{{citation|last=Satchell|first=Veront M|last2=Sampson|first2=Cezley|title=The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica 1845-1975|year=2003|publisher=The Journal of Transport History|lastauthoramp=yes|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3884/is_200303/ai_n9209497/}}

Notes and references

1. ^{{Harvard citation no brackets|Satchell & Sampson|2003|p=6}}
2. ^{{Harvard citation no brackets|Satchell & Sampson|2003|p=7}}
3. ^Table 3.5 Mileage for JRC Stations, Halts & Sidings in relation to the Kingston Railway Terminus {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315174612/http://www.mtw.gov.jm/general_information/reports/TransportStatisticsReport2003_2004.pdf |date=March 15, 2013 }}, Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004, Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005.
4. ^¹²³UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets K, L & M c1970.
5. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸Google satellite image resolution is at present insufficient to show this station/bridge.
6. ^Bridge lengths were obtained using Wikimapia's GeoTools.

2 : Railway lines opened in 1896|Standard gauge railways in Jamaica

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