Railway stations in Venezuela

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Railway stations in Venezuela include:

(Index Mundi: Venezuela Railways)

City with underground railway system:

• Caracas (El Metro de Caracas, operated by C.A. Metro de Caracas)
• Los Teques Metro - opened in 2006.

See

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

Contents 1 Maps 2 Stations 2.1 Existing 2.2 Under Construction 2.3 Proposed 2.3.1 Green 2.3.2 Purple 2.3.3 Brown 2.4 Timeline 2.4.1 2009 2.4.2 2008 2.4.3 2006 3 See also 4 References 5 Websites

Maps

• UNHCR Altas Map
• Future Map
• UNHCR Atlas Map
• Encarta^[1]

Stations

Existing

• Puerto Cabello (76m)
• San Felipe, Venezuela (188m) (Yaracuy state)
• Barquisimeto (572m) - terminus

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• Caracas (909m)
• Cúa (227m) - opened 2006^[2]

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• Ciudad Guayana (10m) port for mining railways

Under Construction

• San Juan de los Morros (542m)
• San Fernando de Apure (26m)

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• Chaguaramas (43m)
• Cabruta (59m)^[3]

Proposed

• Tinaco (136m)^[4]
• El Pao
• Ortiz, Venezuela (318m/225m)
• Chaguaramas (43m)
• Valle de la Pascua (152m)
• state of Anzoategui, in north-east Venezuela.

Green

• El Pinas

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• Barquismeto
• Carora (538m)
• La Ceiba (twenty locations !?)
• El Vigía
• La Fría aka La Fria (155m)
• Encontrodos
• Machiques (127m)
• Maracaibo (  2m)
• Puerto Las Americas - terminus

Purple

• Punto Fijo (3m) - terminus
• Coro (30m)
• Yacaral
• Tucacas (1m)
• Morón, Venezuela (26m)
• Puerto Cabello (76m)

Brown

• El Baul, Cojedes

Timeline

2009

• China help ^[5]

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.^[6]

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-Cúa railway, the first new railway in the country for 70 years^[7]

• "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
• La Guaira and Caracas Railway (914 mm (3 ft)) (1883-1951)
• Rail in Venezuela
• Transcontinental railroad

References

Websites

• Tramways in Caracas
• Factories