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Looking out of Kingston railway terminus along the permanent way from near the buffers.
All railway stations in Jamaica closed in October 1992 when passenger traffic abruptly ceased.
[1] They are here listed by branch and distance from
Kingston .
[2] In some cases elevation (height above sea level) is also shown.
[3] The
Jamaica Railway Corporation resumed operating passenger services in July 2011, before ending them again in August 2012 due to financial difficulties.
[4]
Map of the Jamaica railway system at its pre-bauxite peak c1945.
Kingston to Montego Bay main line
There were 22 stations and 17 halts a halt being a flag stop.:
[5]
[6]
Spanish Town to Ewarton branch line
There were 4 stations and 5 halts:
[6]
[11]
Spanish Town railway station (Branch Junction)
St. John's Road Halt
Angels Halt
Crescent Halt
Bog Walk Station - Junction
Michleton Halt
Linstead Station (Branch junction)
Sterling Castle Halt
Ewarton Station (Terminus)
Bog Walk to Port Antonio branch line
There were 13 stations and 15 halts:
[12]
Bog Walk Station (Branch Junction)
Crawle Halt formerly New Works
[13]
Riversdale Station formerly Natural Bridge Station
[7]
Harewood Halt
Darling Spring Halt
Troja Station
Troja Halt
Richmond Station
Highgate Station formerly Orange River Station
[7]
Baughs Halt
Esher Station
Albany Station formerly Moore Hall Station
[7]
Belfield Halt
Grays Inn Halt
Fort George Halt
Annotto Bay Station
Fort Stewart Halt
Windsor Castle Halt
Buff Bay Station
Spring Garden Halt
Orange Bay Station
Hope Bay Station
Robertson's Halt
Saint Margaret's Bay Station
Snow Hill Halt
Passley Gardens Halt
Norwich Halt
Fuschia
Port Antonio Station (Terminus)
Linstead to New Works branch line
There must have been at least 2 stations on this three mile branch line:
[14]
Linstead Station (Branch Junction)
New Works Station (Terminus)
May Pen to Frankfield branch line
There were 10 stations and halts on the line c1973.
[15] More recent references
[6] mention only nine. The line closed in 1974.
May Pen Station - Branch junction
Longville Halt
Suttons Station
Cross Roads/Ivy Store Station
Chapelton Station
Danks Station
[16]
Morgans Station
Bryan's Hill Station extant 1973,
[15] unmentioned 2005.
[6]
Crooked River Station
Trout Hall Station
Frankfield railway station (276m) - Terminus
Strays
Bernard Lodge
[13] which is a sugar estate south east of Spanish Town. Satellite images show what appears to be an abandoned line heading in this direction from Spanish Town station but no other references to it have been found.
See also
References
^
The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica, 1845-1975 - Pg18
Archived 2009-04-25 at the
Wayback Machine Journal of Transport History - March 2003
^ A list of stations in use at the time of closure to passenger traffic can be found in
Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004
Archived 2013-03-15 at the
Wayback Machine , Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005. Others are shown on earlier UK
Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheets; these had presumably been previously closed.
^
Elevations are from
^
"Railway Corporation to end passenger service" . The Gleaner. Retrieved 11 July 2022 .
^ UK
Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica, various sheets (1958-1973).
^
a
b
c
d
Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004
Archived 2013-03-15 at the
Wayback Machine , Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005, Table 3.5 - Mileage for JRC Stations, Halts & Sidings in relation to the Kingston Railway Terminus 2003-2004.
^
a
b
c
d
B078
Archived 2011-07-21 at the
Wayback Machine , BWISC Bulletin 1973-09, Jamaica Railway Markings, Robert Topaz
^
The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica, 1845-1975 - Pg12
Archived 2007-11-01 at the
Wayback Machine Journal of Transport History - March 2003.
^ UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet D, 1959.
^ Jamaica Gleaner, Pieces of the Past, Tragedy at Kendal - 1957,
bullet point 6 under the subheading "Jamaica's Railway History"
Archived 2011-07-16 at the
Wayback Machine .
^ UK
Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheet L (1966).
^ UK
Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets K (1966), L (1967) & M (1970).
^
a
b
The Jamaica Government Railway
Archived 2011-07-21 at the
Wayback Machine , F Aguilar, TPO Volume 8 Number 6, 1954-11&12.
^ UK
Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G (1973), K (1966) & L (1967).
^
a
b UK
Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G & H, 1973.
^
B097
Archived 2011-07-21 at the
Wayback Machine , BWISC Bulletin 1978-06, Jamaica Railway Markings, Major T W Jefferson.
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