The
Railways of Jamaica, constructed from 1845, were the first
railway lines opened to traffic outside Europe and North America, and the second
British Colony after
Canada's
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad of 1836 to receive a railway system.
[1][2] Construction started only twenty years after
George Stephenson's
Stockton and Darlington Railway commenced operations in the
United Kingdom.
[3]
The public passenger railway service in
Jamaica is presently not running, having closed October 1992,
[4] with the
Parliament of Jamaica debate leading towards a revival under a public joint venture corporation proposed with an offshore partner.
[5] Private freight transport continues on limited tracks leading to the various
docks around the
Caribbean island, transporting
bauxite and
sugar cane for export.
Kingston Railway Station, closed since 1992, as seen in 2007
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