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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.
The railway is the only surviving electric line in Cuba. [2] The railway was built by The Hershey Company to transport sugar to the port of Havana. The original electric interurban cars were bought from the JG Brill Company , but these were replaced by 60-year old cars from the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya in the 1990s.
Rail service connects the Central Rail Station to various Cuban provinces. In 2009, the annual passenger volume was roughly 7.5 million, [ 1 ] almost 400,000 [ 1 ] less from the previous year, and 3.5 million [ 1 ] less than 2004, mainly after the government upgraded ASTRO's long-distance inter-city buses fleet with brand new air conditioned ...
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The Havana Special ended entirely that year. However, a private regional rail line, Brightline, is now open Miami-Orlando via the Space Coast, using the FEC right-of-way, and a newly built segment Cocoa Beach-Orlando. An infill station is planned for the Space Coast in Cocoa Beach, where Brightline has already bought land for a station.
A Miami woman who posed as a real estate agent was arrested Wednesday for her involvement in a Little Havana rental scam — and another suspect remains at large, according to authorities.