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Railways in Bolivia (interactive map) ━━━ Routes with passenger traffic ━━━ Routes in usable state ·········· Unusable or dismantled routes
In Bolivia the use of railbuses for passenger transport has always existed and it fits very
A line from São Paulo, Brazil, enters Bolivia at Puerto Suarez and connects to this line at Santa Cruz. In the 1950s this last major rail system was completed. A line was intended to run from Santa Cruz to Trinidad (about 500 km (310 mi) in the north center of the country, but never reached there, it ended north of Yapacani (150 km (93 mi)), from where since 2014 an industrial spur is under construction to the ammonia/urea factory near Bulo Bulo (60 km (37 mi)).
Spur lines were run to mining districts and the regional capital of Cochabamba.
Another railway was a local line in the Amazonian jungle. The Madeira-Mamoré Railroad runs in a 365 kilometres (227 mi) loop around the unnavigable section to Guajará-Mirim on the Mamoré River.[1]
Rio Mulatos-Potosí line is a train line in Bolivia, containing Cóndor station, the world's second highest railway station (4,787 m (15,705 ft)).
Future plans
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The government of Evo Morales has proposed a rail line uniting La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz, connecting onwards to Brazil and the Pacific coast.[2]
The department of Cochabamba and the national government are contracting design studies in 2011 for regional trains to run on two routes: Cochabamba-Caluyo-Tarata-Cliza-Punata-Arani and Sipe Sipe-Vinto-Cochabamba-Sacaba-Chiñata.[3] A 180-day study on Sipe Sipe-Chiñata line is being carried out between August 2011 and February 2012.[4] This project, known as Mi Tren, is under construction and due for completion in 2020.
International rail links to adjacent countries
Argentina – yes – 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) both countries
Brazil – yes – 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge both countries
Chile – yes – 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge both countries
In 2007 thieves had stolen 100 meters of Bolivian track overnight, and the morning freight had insufficient distance to stop.
Photo of the site shows locomotives 1021 and 951 remained upright, but extensive damage ensued.
Walker, Christopher; Binns, Donald (2005). Railways of Bolivia: Locomotives, Railcars and Rolling Stock. North Yorkshire: Trackside Publications. ISBN1900095289.
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