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transport of bananas by 1969. In 1895 Jamaica had exported 97 million fruits; by 1940 the figure had fallen to 40 million, and after the loss of the monopoly of the
British market and the 1951 hurricane it was 5 million in 1975 in 1975. Passenger use fell, partly because of the bridge-building programme begun by the government before the war. By 1971 Jamaica had 11,590 kilometres (7,200 mi) of roads, 1,350 of which were paved; alongside motorbuses which were accessing further inland, private cars had increased from 15,000 in 1950 to 142,300 in 1975.
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cause of the accident was determined to be the closure of an angled wheel (brake) cock, with survivors suggesting that the pickpockets had tampered with the brakes while riding on the carriage platforms. Confidence in the rail service was shaken and much looting and robbing of the dead and injured occurred. The ensuing investigation found deficiencies in the
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Steam traction ended in 1964 but in 1966 class M3 4-8-0 No.54 was restored to working order for use on special excursion trains, the first one of which was named The Banana Boat Steam Train which ran between
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three shrill whistle blasts signalled that the driver had lost control of the train, and it derailed minutes later at speed. 200 people lost their lives, and 700 sustained injuries in the worst transport disaster in
Jamaica's history, and the second worst rail disaster in the world at that time. The
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The travelling post office service resumed on 28 March 1927. Its last run was on 14 May 1966. An official note c.1954 stated that "passenger trains between
Kingston and Montego Bay (TPO 1) and Kingston and Port Antonio (TPO 2) are each equipped with a post office with a postman in charge. There is a
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agreed a deal in 1879 to buy the existing 42 kilometres (26 mi) of the system for £93,932. After an investment and improvement programme, the expansion of the citrus and banana industries led to two extensions, extending the total system to 105 kilometres (65 mi): westward from Old
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By 1973 JRC's operational deficit had risen to J$ 3.4 million, and in 1975 it was nearing J$ 4 million and carrying a J$ 11 million loan. The government was paying over J$ 1.4 million in subsidy to keep the island's trains running. The financial crisis had led to a backlog of deferred maintenance,
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The loans taken out to secure railway ownership by the company, together with its purchase of 308 square kilometres (76,000 acres) of prime Crown land in various parts of
Jamaica, proved too strenuous. After defaulting in 1897 and 1898, by order of the Jamaican Supreme Court the company fell into
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October 1992 public railway transport services ceased operating on Jamaica, although four of the private industrial lines continue to operate today, in part using JRC lines. Of the total of 272 kilometres (169 mi) standard gauge at the time on the island, 207 kilometres (129 mi) of
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150,000, but cost £222,250, or £15,377 per kilometre (£24,747 per mile). As a result of the cost of building and a downturn in the sugar industry, only another 18 kilometres (11 mi) were added until 1869 in the form of an extension from
Spanish Town to
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receivership. In 1900 the government assumed responsibility for the railway again, and made it a department of government. It appointed a Railway Advisory Board in 1902 to advise, which remained in place until 1960 when the statutory 100% government owned
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Port. It was leased to the JRC; Alcoa provided locomotives, rolling stock and its staff operated and maintained the line under JRC management
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and embedded itself into the mountainside, followed by coaches which were forced on from the rear. 32 people died and over 70 were injured.
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with stock and buildings also neglected. In 1974 the May Pen-Frankfield line closed, with the Bog Walk-Port Antonio line closing in 1975.
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and just after the emancipation of slaves, meaning the sugar industry needed the efficiency that the railway would bring to the island.
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The railway architecture, developed and seen through the stations which were built between 1845 and 1896, is a reflection of classical
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Passenger service returned to Jamaica for the first time since February 1992 on 16 April 2011, when an inaugural train operated from
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in Jamaica in February 2005. During the 1990s, a plan was considered which would see commuter services between Kingston and
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Transporting 900 million tonnes of goods, 95% bauxite and alumina which had driven the shippage from 900,000 tonnes in 1959.
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envoy to invest in the railway to keep the bauxite traffic, and hence the passenger rates, economically viable.
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30 July 1938 - a passenger train was heading from Kingston to Montego Bay. The engine jumped the rails at
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The Corporation has a General Manager, also known (in the 21st century) as the Chief Executive Officer.
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including hundreds of members of the Holy Name Society of St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church, hundreds of
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8 million and be running by January 2001, with the government holding 40% of a public-private venture.
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to provide transport for the military base. After the line closed in 1956, these were subsumed by JRC.
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which demolished many railway buildings and killed or injured officials, officers and employees.
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and ten carriages of passengers, pulled by the companies two locomotives
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letter-box at each station which the train postman clears en route."
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47 kilometres (29 mi) of private industrial railways in Jamaica.
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who owned land in Jamaica, and his sugar planter brother David.
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No to any Government loan to restart railway service in Jamaica
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in Canada, were purchased in three batches of six locomotives.
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to receive a railway system, following Canada in 1836 with the
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The first diesel power had entered Jamaica in 1939 with two
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Olley, Philip P. (1953). "VI". In Olley, Philip P. (ed.).
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Privatisation of Jamaica Railway Corp. stalls and sputters
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Forsythe, H.G. (October 1966). "Banana Boat Steam Train".
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The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica, 1845-1975 - Pg12
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sugar estate. On 21 November 1845 the Governor of Jamaica
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in 2011 only to be closed once again in August 2012. The
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locomotives, and purchased eight between 1952 and 1971.
326:, completing 5 kilometres (3 mi) of lines in 1951
1006:"The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica, 1845-1975"
1431:"Students benefit from rail service in St Catherine"
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473:, one of the leading Jamaican musical groups of the
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1510:, F Aguilar, TPO Volume 8 Number 6, 1954-11&12.
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37:. Construction started only twenty years after the
728:caused extensive damage to railway infrastructure.
721:caused extensive damage to railway infrastructure.
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1529:, Jamaica-Philatelist, Col. Fred E Seifert, 1971.
676:The Jamaica Railways have two serious accidents:
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1554:Jamaica Ministry of Transport and Works web site
1340:Powered by China...Jamaican trains to roll again
1188:. Vol. 112, no. 786. pp. 588–590.
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1059:"Railway Corporation to end passenger service"
603:after a deal was signed by the Prime Minister
465:750 h.p. locomotives to handle bauxite traffic
283:, opened on the Bog Walk to Ewarton extension.
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208:in 1895, and an extension through the banana,
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41:commenced operations in the United Kingdom.
1420:, Susan Smith, Jamaica Gleaner, 2005-06-29.
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1240:- Jamaica Journal, 16, 4 (1983), pp. 12-21.
1238:Ol time tram and the Tramway Era, 1876-1948
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1174:Journal of Transport History - March 2003
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532:Carrying 1.2 million passengers per annum
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1462:, Jamaica Railway, Keith Moh, 2008-2009.
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1312:The Jamaica Observer - February 25, 2007
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286:1942 - in support of military needs for
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1411:Clarendon Express gets ready to roll
1386:"Passenger trains return to Jamaica"
1349:Jamaica Observer - February 03, 2005
1310:Jamaican trains may never roll again
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1136:1866 to 1913 Crown Colony Government
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497:348.4 kilometres (216.5 mi) of
25:, closed since 1992, as seen in 2007
1725:List of railway stations in Jamaica
1582:. St. Austell: Paul Catchpole Ltd.
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2166:List of railway tunnels in Jamaica
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886:List of railway tunnels in Jamaica
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94:Western Jamaica Connecting Railway
35:Champlain and St Lawrence Railroad
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1061:. Jamaica Gleaner. 14 August 2012
85:Opening of the Jamaica Railway -
39:Stockton & Darlington Railway
2456:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2343:Rail transport in North America
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2265:William Smith (railway promoter)
2239:Logans Junction to Fort Simmonds
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60:around the island, transporting
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1199:Katz, David (16 October 2011).
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926:Jamaica National Heritage Trust
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165:Spanish Town to Ewarton railway
159:Spanish Town to Ewarton railway
2260:David Smith (railway promoter)
1501:The Jamaica Government Railway
1283:Radio Jamaica - April 24, 2007
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1113:The Jamaica Railway 1845-1945
1089:Jamaica Gleaner - May 26, 2006
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666:Jamaican Georgian architecture
117:James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
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258:May Pen to Frankfield railway
2581:United States Virgin Islands
2192:Nain to Port Kaiser (Alpart)
1611: (archived 26 July 2020)
1010:Journal of Transport History
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607:with Chinese vice-president
415:A motorized railcar leaving
350:. The company tended to run
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1605:Jamaica Railway Corporation
1293:Jamaica Railway Corporation
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433:Jamaica Railway Corporation
402:Jamaica Railway Corporation
239:Jamaica Railway Corporation
228:Jamaica Railway Corporation
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1162:baldwindiesels.railfan.net
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1475:Railway Station Postmarks
896:Transportation in Jamaica
891:Rail transport by country
590:Canadian National Railway
488:Montreal Locomotive Works
456:Clayton Equipment Company
2576:Turks and Caicos Islands
1990:Marcus Garvey Drive halt
1697:Bog Walk to Port Antonio
1484:, Richard Hart, 2005-12.
1366:Tragedy at Kendal - 1957
924:Jamaica Railway Stations
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186:Bog Walk to Port Antonio
23:Kingston railway station
2281:Balaclava rail disaster
1692:Spanish Town to Ewarton
1687:Kingston to Montego Bay
1626:, Keith Moh, 2008-2009.
1252:Encyclopædia Britannica
881:Lists of rail accidents
322:to ship its product to
92:The first railway, the
2506:British Virgin Islands
1578:Horsford, Jim (2010).
1262:Jamaica Transportation
1250:Jamaica Transportation
1236:Carol Mae Morrissey -
1201:"Leonard Dillon obit,
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340:Kaiser Bauxite Company
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155:at a cost of £60,000.
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2446:Saint Kitts and Nevis
1845:Cross Roads/Ivy Store
1760:Appleton Tourist halt
1707:May Pen to Frankfield
1702:Linstead to New Works
1224:alcoworld.railfan.net
443:railcars, powered by
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237:6million company the
141:Sugar Duties Act 1846
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54:Parliament of Jamaica
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2286:Kendal rail disaster
2159:Other infrastructure
2115:Sterling Castle halt
2110:St. John's Road halt
2080:Saint Margaret's Bay
2045:Passley Gardens halt
1116:The Railway Magazine
754:adding missing items
615:, later extended to
493:By 1975 there were:
469:released in 1968 by
171:Sir Anthony Musgrave
77:1845 to World War II
2461:Trinidad and Tobago
2356:Antigua and Barbuda
2150:Windsor Castle halt
1910:Greenwich Town halt
1850:Darling Spring halt
1668:Railways of Jamaica
1435:jamaica-gleaner.com
1138:discoverjamaica.com
1022:10.7227/TJTH.24.1.2
998:Satchell, Veront M.
599:; and now with the
523:) in control of JRC
2396:Dominican Republic
2304:Jamaica portal
2105:Spring Garden halt
1785:Breadnut Walk halt
1559:2007-07-12 at the
1525:2011-07-21 at the
1506:2011-07-21 at the
1480:2011-07-21 at the
1416:2008-06-04 at the
1371:2011-07-16 at the
1345:2008-02-05 at the
1327:2007-08-16 at the
1267:2007-12-30 at the
1205:, 16 October 2011"
1150:locomotives.com.pl
1085:2008-08-03 at the
752:; you can help by
709:a great earthquake
576:in December 2001.
564:Current operations
486:, manufactured by
429:D Wickham & Co
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385:After World War II
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2274:Notable incidents
2248:Notable personnel
2085:Scott's Pass halt
1945:Horizon Park halt
1875:Fort Stewart halt
1825:Comfort Hall halt
1392:on 2 October 2012
1322:Colin J. Churcher
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837:Fitzroy Williams
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726:Hurricane Gilbert
719:Hurricane Charlie
702:Natural disasters
87:Kingston Terminus
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2476:Dependencies and
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1920:Grove Place halt
1870:Fort George halt
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