Talk:Tren Urbano

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Someone needs to fix one of the pictures, where it says in the caption "bayamon station". It is actually deportivo station.

I reworked the article removing serious incosistencies and incorrect statements. This is not Puerto Rico's second train system and the first one was not a theme park ride! Puerto Rico had a rail system in place by the late 19th century which linked San Juan, Arecibo and Ponce, southern municipalities had rail systems built for the sugar cane industry and some of the largest cities had trolley systems during the 20th century.

All of this very true, and old bridge of the train is still in Santurce.

That's right. You can still see remnants of old train tracks and bridges along the PR state road # 1 between Ponce and Arroyo (south part of the island), in the Playa sector of Ponce, and in the Mercedita Sugar Cane sector of Ponce (Serralles Distillery). Old and abandoned locomotives can be seen at the Mercedita sector, and an actual early 20th century locomotive is on display in a park in the town of Peñuelas. An old train tunnel still stands in a beach close to the Guajataca lake and reserve.

Does anyone has any references as to the original proposed costs of the Urban Train? I believe it was around $600 million, although I may be wrong. I know certain changes, like the change from light to heavy rail, caused massive increases in costs, but the original project was far less than $2.5 billion.

I think it was 1.3 billion..