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The Spanish Town to Ewarton line was built to serve the citrus growing regions in the interior of Saint Catherine, particularly those around the towns of Bog Walk, Linstead and Ewarton.〔 ==History== The of (standard gauge) track from Spanish Town to Ewarton were completed in 1885 at a cost of approximately £93,000.〔The Jamaica Railway 1845-1945 by H R Fox, General Manager, Jamaica Government Railway in The Railway Magazine of November & December 1945.〕 The section from Linstead to Ewarton was closed in 1947.〔(The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica, 1845-1975 - Pg11 ) Journal of Transport History - March 2003〕 It was later reopened as far as the Bauxite processing plant just east of Ewarton. The rest of the line closed to passengers in 1992 but it remains open for Bauxite traffic.〔 The Spanish Town to Bog Walk section reopened briefly for passenger traffic in 2009/10 while the A1 road through Bog Walk Gorge was closed for major repair work.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jamaica Train Ride - Linstead to Spanish Town (09 AUG 2011) Pt # 2 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Railways of Jamaica: Spanish Town to Ewarton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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