Panama
Country Details
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Railway System
There is only one railway line, the Panama Canal Railway, running adjacent to the Panama Canal between Colón on the Atlantic coast and Corozal (Panama City) on the Pacific coast. The advertised passenger service consisted of one train each way, Monday - Friday only but has been suspended (apart from a brief period in 2022) since the COVID epidemic. Excursions are operated for cruise ship passengers and family groups.
See Railways in Panama description at sinfin.net.
Summary timetables are available in some editions of the European Rail Timetable.
Infrastructure
- gauge: standard. Before reconstruction around 2000, it was 1524 mm (5 feet).
- electrification: Panama Metro 1,500 V d.c.
- rule of the road: the railway is single-track, except for passing loops.
Other Railways
None
Tourist Lines
None
Metro and tram systems
Panamá city: Metro de Panamá; see also UrbanRail.
Recent and Future Changes
Recent Changes
Special trains, for families, apparently ran on five Saturdays; 5, 12, 19, and 26 October 2024.
These ran a round trip, departing our Corozal station in Panama City at 11:30 a.m. and returning to the Corozal passenger station by approximately 14:30 p.m. with duration of approximately 3 hours.
Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
None known.
