Talk:List of railway stations in Venezuela

Latest comment: 9 years ago by RJFJR in topic Green/purple/brown?

Map

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How do you make these maps smaller, but not too small?

 
Proposed railway network

Tabletop (talk) 01:39, 4 April 2009 (UTC)Reply


Green/purple/brown?

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What are the headings 'green', 'purple' and 'brown'? RJFJR (talk) 14:32, 7 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Timeline

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2009

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2008

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  • On August 23, 2008, a deal was signed between Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela to develop an electified railway link between these countries. A minor hurdle is the use of both 50 Hz and 60 Hz.
  • July 5 - meeting between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador regarding a railway for freight and passengers to link the three countries, and linking the Pacific with the Atlantic also.

2006

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  • Venezuela awards contracts worth $2.2 billion to build two new railway lines. Construction on the two new lines connecting San Juan de los Morros to San Fernando de Apure and connecting Chaguaramas to Cabruta is expected to begin in Q2 2006 and is expected to take six years to complete. April 2006 in rail transport.
  • In October 2006, Venezuela opened a new CaracasCúa railway, the first new railway in the country for 70 years[3]
  • "Towards the end of this month, we would have final discussions with Mittal Steel", said Mr Kapur, adding that the initial discussions took place in March. Moreover, Ircon is also likely to construct a new rail line in Venezuela at an estimated cost of $350 million.

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