Santiago to Valparaiso Railway
116 mile (187 km) line between Santiago and Valparaíso
1852 With private and Chilian capital, the construction company was formed; work started the same year.
1855 The first section was opened for traffic.
Owing to financial difficulties of the construction company the Chilian Government acquired all the shares, taking upon itself the continuation of the work and the operation of the part already constructed.
1863 Santiago and Valparaiso were definitely joined by a railway, built and operated by the State. It opened as a single-track line; it was designed to avoid steep gradients through mountainous terrain.
The railway from Santiago to the South, initiated, constructed and operated by a Chilian company on the section from Santiago to Curico (185 kilometres), passed finally into the hands of the State in 1873, the extension of the line from Curico to the South being continued immediately.
By 1930 the railway was part of the Southern System of the State Railways which had 2,635 of 1.676 m. gauge line, consisting of the lines from Valparaiso to Santiago and Puerto Montt.
1987 Passenger service ceased.
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Sources of Information
- [1]Wikipedia