Rail · Multi-province

Hershey Electric Railway (Casablanca–Hershey–Matanzas)

Electric interurban / commuter railway

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Scale

~92 km, standard gauge, 1,200 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

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