Thursday, March 28, 2024

Colombia railway network 1961 stamp


According to Wikipedia:-

The Colombia railway network has a total length of 3,304 kilometres (2,053 milies). There are 150 kilometres (93 miles) of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge connecting Cerrejón coal mines, Tren del Cerrejón, to the maritime port of Puerto Bolivar at Bahia Portete, and 3,154 kilometres (1,960 miles) of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge of which 2,611 kilometres (1,622 mi) are in use.

The state-owned railway company, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia (National Railways of Colombia), was liquidated in the 1990s. Since then passenger rail service in Colombia is provided only as tourist steam trains on the Bogotá savanna railway, now called Turistren, and between Bogotá and Zipaquirá, and a general daily passenger service around Barrancabermeja, and its surroundings (Puente Sogamoso, Garcia Cadena, Puerto Berrio, and Puerto Parra), provided by Coopsercol.

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