Rail transport in Jamaica
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The Railways of Jamaica, constructed from 1845, were the second British Colony after Canada's Champlain and St Lawrence Railroad of 1836 to receive a railway system.[1][2] Construction started only twenty years after the Stockton & Darlington Railway commenced operations in the United Kingdom.[3]
The public passenger railway service in Jamaica, which was closed in October 1992,[3] had a brief revival in 2011 only to be closed once again in August 2012.[4] The Parliament of Jamaica debate leading towards a revival under a public joint venture corporation proposed with an offshore partner.[5] Private freight transport continues on limited tracks leading to the various docks around the island, transporting bauxite and sugar cane for export.