Havana Suburban Railway
| Havana Suburban Railway Red del ferrocarril suburbano de La Habana | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Hershey Railway)[1] | |||
| |||
The Havana Suburban Railway (
Overview
Outside Havana, the network serves some towns of its metropolitan area in Artemisa and Mayabeque provinces. A little part of Matanzas Province is served by the only electrified line of Cuba, the Hershey Electric Railway from Havana Casablanca station to Matanzas.[1]
Havana subway plans
Plans for the construction of a rapid transit network in Havana was studied in 1921.[2] Other plans for a subway, based on Russian networks, were studied in the late 1970s and 1980s, due to the relationship between Cuba and the USSR. After the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union and the consequent lack of funds of the Cuban government, the proposal for a Havana Metro was abandoned.
Routes
The network consists of 8 lines, departing from the 3 terminal stations of Havana: Central (4 lines), Tulipán (or 19 de Noviembre, 3 lines) and Casablanca (1 line).
| 1 | Palos
|
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Havana Central ↔ Hv Guanabo Viejo ↔ Hv Playa de Guanabo[3] |
| 5 | Havana Tulipán ↔ Hv Rincón ↔ San Antonio de los Baños |
| 6 | Havana Tulipán ↔ Hv Rincón ↔ Güira de Melena ↔ Alquízar ↔ Artemisa (West Line) |
| 7 | Havana Tulipán ↔ Hv Rincón ↔ Bejucal ↔ Batabanó ↔ Surgidero (South Line) |
| 8 | Havana Casablanca ↔ Hv Guanabo Viejo ↔ Santa Cruz del Norte ↔ Matanzas (Hershey Line) |
- Note: the stations marked with "Hv" are located in the city of Havana.
Services
The network has limited use as
See also
References
- ^ a b Hershey Railway: infos, map, pictures
- ^ "Havana Subway Planned": article on The New York Times (August 28, 1921)
- ^ Works only in July and August
- ^ Havana MetroBus network map
- ^ Public transport in Cuba: Havana
External links
Media related to Havana Suburban Railway at Wikimedia Commons
| Networks |
|  |
|---|---|---|
| Main structures |
| |