La Dorada – Chiriguaná railway line

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Chiriguaná – La Dorada
Route length: 523 km
Gauge : 914 mm ( English 3-foot track )
Legend
Route 2016
End station - start of the route
 201 La Dorada
Station, station
 202 México
Station, station
 250 Puerto Triunfo
Station, station
 294/297 Nare
Station, station
 300 Alc. Colapsada
Station, station
 328 Grecia
Station, station
 378 Carare
Station, station
 443 Barrancabermeja
Station, station
 473 García Cadena
Station, station
 500 Eloy Venezuela
Station, station
 517 San Raf. de Lebrija
Station, station
 554 San Jose Torcoroma
Station, station
 570 Santa Lucía
Station, station
 605 Gamarra
Station, station
 Capulco
Station, station
 617 Palenquillo
Station, station
 637 La Gloria
Station, station
 665 Palestine
Station, station
 680 Zapatosa
Station, station
 702 Chapman
End station - end of the line
 724 Chiriguaná

The La Dorada – Chiriguaná railway is a 523 km long narrow-gauge railway from La Dorada to Chiriguaná in Colombia with a gauge of 914 mm (3 feet ).

history

At the end of 2013, the contract to rehabilitate the line was awarded to the Temporary Central Railway Union . Together with the renovation of the 257 km long Bogotá – Belencito railway line from Belencito to the capital Bogotá , US $ 100 million were planned for a construction period of 18 to 24 months. A much-discussed change of gauge to a standard gauge line with a gauge of 1435 mm was discarded due to the significantly higher costs.

The first test drive was carried out in October 2016 with a 360 t freight train loaded with containers. It took four days to pass the route, which had not been used continuously for 16 years and runs through the departments of Magdalena , Cesar , Santander , Antioquia and Caldas . Two GR12 locomotives pulled 10 freight cars with 20 containers.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Proyectos Férreros p. 53.
  2. ↑ a b Successful test run carried out on Colombia's Chiriguana to la Dorada railway line. 20th October 2016.
  3. ^ Colombian railway revival gets underway. Railway Gazette, February 10, 2014.
  4. ^ First freight train in Colombia between Caribbean coast and midlands realized. Rijksoverheid.nl.