Railroad transportation system connecting locations in Costa Rica
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Rail transport in Costa Rica
Rail network right-of-way of Costa Rica
Tren Interurbano
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Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer)
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516.65 km (321.03 mi) [1]
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1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
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First Mortgage Debenture of the Costa Rica Railway Company Ltd., issued 10 January 1888Train arriving into the Sabana-Contraloria station in San Jose.Universidad de Costa Rica station, San Pedro, Montes de OcaMap of Costa Rica showing rail lines as of 1987Interior of an Incofer Apolo 2400 type DMU
Rail transport in Costa Rica is primarily under the stewardship of Incofer (Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles), an autonomous institution of the state. Incofer owns the national railway infrastructure and operates virtually all freight and passenger services, which consist primarily of commuter trains through the highly populated Central Valley. The whole Incofer network is 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge, although there are several small tourist railways of other gauges.[citation needed]
Much of the railway system requires major repairs.[2] An August 2016 OECD report provided this summary about the infrastructure, including the railways: "The road network is extensive but of poor quality, railways are in disrepair and only slowly being reactivated after having been shut down in the 1990s ... Internal transportation overly relies on private road vehicles as the public transport system, especially railways, is inadequate."[3]
^"Reglamenta Dimensión Derecho Vía Ferrocarriles Nacionales (Art. 42 Ley Nº 7001, Orgánica del INCOFER)" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2021.
^Pisu, Mauro; Villalobos, Federico (2016). "A bird-eye view of Costa Rica's transport infrastructure". OECD Economics Department Working Papers. doi:10.1787/5jlswbwvwqjf-en. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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