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| NOTE: Service Update: Effective 1 October 2007, freight movements are suspended between Guatemala City and the Atlantic pending the outcome of an arbitration claim filed by RDC under the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). For details, see the "News Archive" section below. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Ferrovías Guatemala ("FVG") is a 497-mile (narrow gauge) (800 km) railroad connecting Guatemala City with Mexico, El Salvador, and ports on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. After years of little maintenance, loss of traffic, invasion by squatters, the abandonment of operations in 1996, and the destruction caused by Hurricane Mitch in late 1998, commercial service was resumed on April 15, 1999 with a short-haul (60 km.) cement movement to El Chile. In December of 1999 commercial service was restored to the Atlantic ports of Puerto Barrios and Puerto Santo Tomas. Subsequent phases of the rehabilitation project will see restoration of service to Mexico and El Salvador.
Ferrovías Guatemala is the concessionaire company formed by RDC and
Guatemalan investors.
(a) An additional 350 miles (563 km) of the system will be reopened as market conditions warrant. |
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System Map Click on thumbnail to view larger image of the Guatemala railroad system. (Map design provided by Bill Metzger) Photo Gallery More photos of Ferrovias Guatemala's operations can be found in our Photo Gallery. Rail Tours Ferrovias Guatemala has two working steam locomotives available for rail tour charters on the Guatemala City-Atlantic corridor. View our photo gallery from previous steam charters. For more information about special charters, please submit inquiries to Henry Posner III, Chairman. |
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