Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The first attempt to establish a railway was a private affair in 1846 by the Trinidad Railway Company. [1] Trinidad Railway Company's very first steam locomotive was the "Forerunner" which was built by Hunslet of Leeds and arrived in 1864. [2] Railway construction began in the 1870s. The Arima line was completed in 1876, followed by the San ...
The Public Transport Service Corporation or better known as PTSC is the state-owned public transport provider for Trinidad and Tobago. Its headquarters are at City Gate in Port of Spain (formerly the Trinidad Government Railway headquarters). Passengers have to buy the tickets at a ticket booth and show it to the driver.
Example of a double decker passenger car, proposed to be used for Trinidad Rapid Railway. On 11 April 2008, the TriniTrain consortium of Alstom Transport SA, Alstom T&T Ltd, Bouygues Construction and RATP Développement announced it had been selected by the government to plan and build two new passenger railway lines in Trinidad. [1]
Rail map as of 1925. There was a minimal agricultural railway system near San Fernando, but the Trinidad Government Railway that was built while Trinidad and Tobago was a colony of the United Kingdom was gradually scaled back until it was discontinued in 1968. (The narrow-gauge agricultural railway was shut down in the late 1990s).
Boot Hill and Western Railway: Dodge City, Montezuma and Trinidad Railway: RI: 1887 1893 N/A Eastern Oklahoma Railway: ATSF: 1899 1907 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ...
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Trinidad and Tobago, an attempt to build a comprehensive guide to the country of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page , where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion .
Pages in category "Rail transport in Trinidad and Tobago" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The history of Trinidad and Tobago begins with the settlements of the islands by Indigenous First Peoples. Trinidad was visited by Christopher Columbus on his third voyage in 1498, (he never landed in Tobago), and claimed in the name of Spain.