Ponce and Guayama Railroad

The Ponce and Guayama Railroad is an abandoned railroad in Puerto Rico, primarily used to transport products of a sugar mill in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Operating from 1910 to 1990, it was the last sugar mill railroad in Puerto Rico. The railroad used a one-meter track gauge and had a mainline track length of 30.4 miles.

History

Passenger service on the railroad was inaugurated on 1 October 1910. It was initially named American Railroad Co. of Porto Rico, Aguirre Operator.

References

Further reading

• Aponte, Roger (1984). Apuntes sobre el último ferrocarril de Puerto Rico, Ponce & Guayama Railroad. Ponce: Editorial Kider Printing. (in Spanish)
• Pumarada, Luis (1980). Trasfondo histórico del ferrocarril en Puerto Rico. Mayagüez: Centro de Investigaciones de Ingeniería, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez. (in Spanish)