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A law of 2 July 1867 authorised the government to build and operate a railway between the city of Porto and Pinhão. A decree of 14 June 1872 ordered studies to be carried out for the route of line, which was to initially follow the course of the Sousa River, passing through Penafiel before following the northern bank of the Douro.
Ponce, Puerto Rico train lines: Roger Aponte Pargas. El desarrollo histórico del tranvía eléctrico de Ponce: 1898-1927. Ponce: University of Puerto Rico, 1987. United States Army Corps of Engineers. Port Facilities at Ponce, Porto Rico [sic]. Washington 1927. Eduardo Neumann. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce.
The Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico operates the Tren Urbano mass transit network, serving the municipalities of San Juan, Guaynabo and Bayamón. As of 2011, the single 10.7-mile (17.2 km) line includes 16 stations.
Commuter rail Regional rail: Operator(s) Comboios de Portugal (passenger) Medway (freight) Depot(s) Porto - Contumil: Rolling stock: CP 1400 CP 592.0 / 592.2 Medway 1400 Medway 1900 Medway 1960 Medway 335.0 Medway 5600 Medway 4700: History; Opened: Stages between 1875 and 1887: Technical; Line length: 160 km (99 miles) Number of tracks: 2 ...
The Tren Urbano (English: Urban Train) is a 10.7-mile (17.2 km) automated rapid transit system serving the main metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, specifically the capital municipality of San Juan, and the adjacent municipalities of Guaynabo and Bayamón in northeast of the main island. The Tren Urbano consists of 16 stations operating on 10.7 ...
These thick books - the February 2009 edition of the JTB timetable, for example, contains 1152 pages - are published every month and cover all stations and trains of JR and private railways, as well as long-distance bus, ferry and air services. For frequent JR urban lines, subway trains, private railways and urban buses, only summary timetables ...
19th century train station in Yauco. The Puerto Rico train system flourished during the late 19th and early 20th century due to a large sugar cane industry there. Most, if not all, of these system were privately owned. Vieques, an island-municipality, also had the system connecting its sugar cane plantations.
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 ...