List of Puerto Rico railroads

The following is a list of railroads operating in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

Current railroads

Passenger systems

  • Tren Urbano

Planned systems

  • San Juan-Caguas Rail – 17 miles (27 km) (Postponed, originally planned for Q1 2010.)
  • Hatillo-Bayamón Rail – 45 miles (72 km) (Under Construction. Scaled back to bus rapid transit.[1])

Defunct railroads

Railroad map of Puerto Rico, 1924.
  • Línea Férrea del Oeste
  • Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico
  • American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico
  • Compañía de Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha de Mayagüez
  • Fajardo Development Railroad
  • Luce & Co. Railroad
  • Humacao Railroad
  • Northern Railroad of Porto Rico
  • Ponce and Guayama Railroad
  • Ponce Light Company Railroad
  • Porto Rico Railroad and Transportation Company
  • Porto Rico Railway, Light and Power Company
  • Roig Railroad
  • San Juan and Carolina Railroad
  • Vega Alta Railroad

Tourist railways

Industrial railways

  • Mona Island Tramway
  • Railway of the Blanco River Hydroelectric System in Naguabo, Puerto Rico

Central short-lines

Freight train used in hauling cane to the Central Guanica from loading stations
  • Central Aguirre
  • Central Boca Chica
  • Central Cambalache
  • Central Canovanas
  • Central Carmen
  • Central Coloso
  • Central Constancia
  • Central Cortada
  • Central Defensa
  • Central Ejemplo
  • Central Eureka
  • Central Fortuna
  • Central Guánica
  • Central Juanita
  • Central Juncos
  • Central Lafayette
  • Central Los Canos
  • Central Machete
  • Central Mercedita
  • Central Monserrate
  • Central Pasto Viejo
  • Central Plata
  • Central Plazuela
  • Central Rochelaise
  • Central Rufina
  • Central San Francisco
  • Central San Vicente
  • Central Santa Juana
  • Central Triunfo
  • Central Vannina
  • Central Victoria

Street railways

See also

References

  1. ^ Mass Transit System – Hatillo to Bayamón Official Project Page
  • The Tramways of San Juan
  • Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
  • Aponte, Roger. "Ponce & Guayama Railroad". Railroads of Puerto Rico / Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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