Railway stations in Venezuela

Railway stations in Venezuela include:

( [http://www.indexmundi.com/venezuela/railways.html Index Mundi: Venezuela Railways] )

City with underground railway system:
* Caracas (El Metro de Caracas, operated by [http://www.metrodecaracas.com.ve C.A. Metro de Caracas] )
* Los Teques Metro - opened in 2006.

See
* East-West Railway, Venezuela
* Instituto Autónomo de Ferrocarriles del Estado

Maps

* [http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?id=search&results=web&query=venezuela%20atlas%20map%20refugee%20location%20office%20elevation%20places%20roads%20americas UNHCR Atlas Map]

* Encarta [ [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560608_6/venezuela.html Encarta] ]

Stations

* Puerto Cabello
* San Felipe
* Barquisimeto - terminus

----
* Caracas
* Cua - opened 2006 [VENEZUELA: A Bolivarian railway, by Coral Wynter & Jim McIlroy, Caracas [http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/688/688p24b.htm (link)] ] ----
* Ciudad Guayana

Under Construction

* San Juan de los Morros
* San Fernando de Apure ----
* Chaguaramas
* Cabruta

Closed

Timeline

2008

* On August 23, 2008, a deal was signed between Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela to develop an electified railway link between these countries. A minor hurdle is the use of both 50 Hz and 60 Hz.

* July 5 - meeting between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador regarding a railway for freight and passengers to link the three countries, and linking the Pacific with the Atlantic also. [ [http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11342426.htm Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Central and South America) ] ]

2006

* Venezuela awards contracts worth $2.2 billion to build two new railway lines. Construction on the two new lines connecting San Juan de los Morros to San Fernando de Apure and connecting Chaguaramas to Cabruta is expected to begin in Q2 2006 and is expected to take six years to complete. April 2006 in rail transport.

* In October 2006, Venezuela opened a new Caracas-Cua railway, the first new railway in the country for 70 years [VENEZUELA: A Bolivarian railway, by Coral Wynter & Jim McIlroy, Caracas [http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/688/688p24b.htm (link)] ]

* "Towards the end of this month, we would have final discussions with Mittal Steel," said Mr Kapur, adding that the initial discussions took place in March. Moreover, Ircon is also likely to construct a new rail line in Venezuela at an estimated cost of $350 million.

See also

* Transport in Venezuela

References