Santiago Light Rail

Santiago Light Rail

The Santiago Light Rail is a planned light rail system within the City of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic and the Cibao Airport. This will be the second urban rail transit system in the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo Metro being the first) with inauguration planned for 2009.

Approval and Construction

The construction of the light rail line crossing Santiago was approved by the Santiago municipal government. It is intended to help the city's traffic problems. To be constructed by Spanish railway company FEVE, the line will be relatively short and will take 14 months to construct according to city officials. The Dominican central government will not provide construction funds. It will end at the Cibao International Airport kilometers away from the city center. Construction is planned to begin in mid 2008. As of today the project is on hold due to insufficient studies about the benefits of this system. It is reported that as soon as studies are complete, work will commence. [cite web |url=http://www2.diariolibre.com/app/article.aspx?id=119721 |title=Proyecto tranvía de Santiago se encuentra estancado |author=Diario Libre |date=2007-09-07 |language=Spanish]

The train stations have not been officially announced, though it is reported that here will be twelve, including the Heroes of Restoration monument in the city centre, Independencia Avenue, Cincunvalacion Avenue, with its terminus at the Cibao International Airport.

References

ee also

*Dominican Republic
*List of rapid transit systems
*Santo Domingo Metro

External links

* [http://www.feve.es/ FEVE website] (Spanish)


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