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In 1929, the Havana Special was the premier train, providing year-round coach and sleeping car service between New York and Key West, daily except Sundays, with connecting ferry service beyond to the Cuban capital.
The Airway Limited 1929 — 1932 ... Expo Train 1902 — 1904 ... Havana Special 1917 — 1964 New York, NY — Key West, FL via ACL/FEC
Seatrain Lines, officially the Over-Seas Shipping Company, was a shipping and transportation company conducting operations in the Americas and trans-Pacific regions.. Seatrain Lines began intermodal freight transport in December 1928 by transporting entire loaded railroad freight cars between the United States an
April 1 – Odakyu Enoshima Line, Sagami-Ono to Katase-Enoshima of Fujisawa route is officially completed in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and the Shinjuku Station (Tokyo) to Katase-Enoshima route direct commuter train service starts. [citation needed]
The Havana Suburban Railway (Spanish: Red del ferrocarril suburbano de La Habana) is a passenger suburban rail network serving the city of Havana, capital of Cuba, and its suburbs. Owned by the national company Ferrocarriles de Cuba , it represents the only suburban rail system of the Caribbean island.
A passing express passenger train collides with the signal post, ripping out the side of the carriages. Eleven people were killed. [75] November 24 – United Kingdom – A London, Midland and Scottish Railway passenger train overruns signals at Upney, Essex and rear-ends another passenger train injuring 604 people. [76]
Map shows train path down present day Avenida Zanja. The Havana Capitol building was built on land that was a railroad terminal and used to belong to the Villanueva Railway. The project began in April 1926, during the Gerardo Machado administration. Construction was overseen by the U.S. firm of Purdy and Henderson. Prior to the Cuban Revolution ...
Train waiting to depart at Havana Casablanca station. There are usually three trains per day, each way between Havana Casablanca and Matanzas, meeting at Hershey Station, the midpoint. The early morning and later afternoon trains allow commuters to go to work at the end-points, the mid-day provides supplementary service.