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Rail transport in the Dominican Republic

释义

History
System
National railways Urban railways
See also
References
External links

Rail transport in the Dominican Republic is provided by one state-owned operator and several private ones, mainly for sugar mills. There are no connections with the neighbouring Haiti.

History

The first line, connecting Santo Domingo to Puerto Plata through Santiago de los Caballeros, was opened in 1877.^[1]

System

National railways

The network consists of several lines, for freight and passenger transport, using several gauges. Due to the closure of some of them, during the 20th Century, the network has been partly reduced to a series of scattered branches, mainly concentrated around the cities of San Pedro de Macorís and La Romana.

The list below shows an overview about the original network:

Central Romana Railroad was established in 1911 in the sugarcane fields. The total length of the line is {{Convert|757|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}, {{Convert|375|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} being the {{RailGauge|1435mm}} standard gauge.
The Dominican Republic Government Railway is a {{Convert|142|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}} narrow gauge railway.
There are {{Convert|240|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} operated by other sugarcane companies in various gauges: {{RailGauge|557mm|lk=on}}, {{RailGauge|762mm|lk=on}}, {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}} gauges (1995).

Urban railways

The first rapid transit system opened in the state, inaugurated at the end of 2008, is a metro network serving the capital Santo Domingo. It consists of two lines for a total length of 27.4 km, with planned expansion.^[2]^[3]^[4] A light rail system has been planned for Santiago de los Caballeros, the second Dominican city.^[5]^[6]

References

1. ^{{es icon}} An article about the history of Dominican railways (Diario Libre)
2. ^Santo Domingo Metro at urbanrail.net
3. ^{{es icon}} Santo Domingo Metro Line 1 overview {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021163517/http://www.opret.gob.do/Linea1.aspx |date=2013-10-21 }} (OPRET official website)
4. ^{{es icon}} Santo Domingo Metro Line 2 overview {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930083213/http://www.opret.gob.do/Linea2.aspx |date=2013-09-30 }} (OPRET official website)
5. ^"Proyecto tranvía de Santiago se encuentra estancado" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210014302/http://www2.diariolibre.com/app/article.aspx?id=119721 |date=2008-02-10 }} (Diario Libre)
6. ^Santiago Light Rail at subways.net

External links

1 : Rail transport in the Dominican Republic

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