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Troja railway station

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Platforms
  
Single

Opened
  
1896

Closed
  
1978; since vandalised

Owner
  
Rail transport in Jamaica

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Owned by
  
Jamaica Railway Corporation

Line(s)
  
Bog Walk to Port Antonio branch line

Similar
  
Montego Bay railway station, Kingston railway station - J, Gregory Park railway st, Orange Bay, Flat Bridge

Troja railway station opened in 1896, closed in 1975, reopened in 1977 and closed for good in 1978. It was on the Bog Walk to Port Antonio branch line, 31 miles (50 km) from the Kingston terminus, and served the surrounding agricultural community, providing a means for bananas to reach and be exported from Port Antonio. It was vandalised sometime after closure.

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Architecture

The station was a two story wooden building with sash windows, the upper floor being smaller than the lower and centrally placed. The pitched roof over the ground floor was extended to form a canopy over the platform on all four sides of the building. The upper story had a gable end roof.

Track layout

In addition to the platform serving the through line there was a second platform on the opposite side of the station building on a passing loop and, most likely, freight sidings as well.

Fares

In 1910 the third class fare from Troja to Kingston was 2/6 (two shillings and sixpence); first class was about double.

References

Troja railway station Wikipedia


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