Havana Suburban Railway
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A suburban train at Havana Fontanar station
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| Overview | |||
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| Owner | Ferrocarriles de Cuba | ||
| Locale | Havana | ||
| Transit type | Suburban rail, Rapid transit | ||
| Number of lines | 8 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Operator(s) | Ferrocarriles de Cuba | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) | ||
| Electrification | 600 V DC (Limited to Hershey Railway) | ||
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The Havana Suburban Railway (Spanish: Red del ferrocarril suburbano de La Habana) is a passenger rail network serving the city of Havana, capital of Cuba, and its suburbs. Owned by the national company Ferrocarriles de Cuba, it represents the only suburban rail system of the Caribbean island.
Outside Havana, the network serves some towns of its metropolitan area in Artemisa and Mayabeque provinces. A little part of Matanzas Province is served by the only electrified line of Cuba, the Hershey Electric Railway from Havana Casablanca station to Matanzas.
Plans for the construction of a rapid transit network in Havana was studied in 1921. Other plans for a subway, based on Russian networks, were studied in the late 1970s and 1980s, due to the relationship between Cuba and the USSR. After the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union and the consequent lack of funds of Cuban government, the proposal for a Havana Metro was abandoned.
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