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Rail · Multi-province

Hershey Electric Railway (Casablanca–Hershey–Matanzas)

Electric interurban / commuter railway

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Scale
~92 km, standard gauge, 600 V DC (Cuba's only electric railway); rolling stock = ex-FGC cars ~60 yrs old
Status
Severely degraded; mostly suspended since Hurricane Irma (2017), partial Hershey–Jaruco service since 2018. A June 2025 'revival' plan would switch to diesel and restore Matanzas station as heritage. Heritage/tourism rehabilitation opportunity.
Sector
Rail
Province
Multi-province
Coordinates
23.151, -82.345
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Notes
Operated by Unión de Ferrocarriles de Cuba (UFC) under MITRANS. Built in the 1920s by the Hershey Chocolate Corp.
Controlling entity
Unión de Ferrocarriles de Cuba (UFC) / MITRANS

National railway operator under the Ministry of Transport. Controls the only railroad in the Caribbean plus the unfinished national expressway program.

Sources: Wikipedia · IEEE Spectrum · Havana Times · CiberCuba