Santiago de Cuba railway station

Railway station in Cuba

Santiago de Cuba
(Santiago de Cuba General Senén Casas)

Ferrocarriles de Cuba

View of the station platforms from the concourse

General information
Location| Paseo de Martí and Av. Jesús Menéndez
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Coordinates| 20°01′51″N 75°50′03″W﻿ / ﻿20.03093°N 75.83426°W﻿ / 20.03093; -75.83426
Owned by| National Government
Line(s)| Havana-Santa Clara-Camagüey-Santiago
Santiago-Guantánamo[1]
Santiago to San Luis-Bayamo[2]
Platforms| 4 (at-grade)
Tracks| 8
Construction
Structure type| At-grade
Platform levels| 1
Parking| yes
Accessible| Yes
History
Rebuilt| 1997
Electrified| no

Santiago de Cuba, also known as Santiago General Senén Casas, is the main railway station of the city of Santiago de Cuba, seat of the homonym province, Cuba. It is owned by the state company Ferrocarriles de Cuba (FFCC) and is located in the central Paseo de Martí, nearby the city harbor.[citation needed]

It is the second most important stations of Cuba and, along with Havana Central, Camagüey and Santa Clara, is a network's divisional headquarter.[3]

## History

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OSM map of the station and surrounding area,
including the railway siding to the nearby harbor

The station, named after the Cuban politician Senén Casas Regueiro, was completely renewed and rebuilt in 1997.[citation needed] The old station, located nearby harbor's custom office, is the terminal of harbor's rail siding.[4][5]

## Structure

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Santiago station is a terminus composed by a large and modern building, covered with 2 vaults and counting a modern clock tower in the adjacent garden. In south, parallel to station tracks, is located a large shed and siding serving the harbor. A secondary shed is located in the Avenida Los Pions.[citation needed]

The station lies in Los Pinos ward (reparto) and the line, counting a double track, is not electrified. The double track route Santiago-San Luis is used also for trains linking Santiago to Bayamo and Guantánamo. A junction, departing from the nearby village of El Cristo and arriving to La Maya (on the line to Guantánamo), was only partially built.

## Services

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The station is the main eastern rail terminus, like the Havana Central is the main western one. It is served by several long-distance trains linking almost the whole island, including the flagship Tren Francés (French Train) Havana-Santa Clara-Camagüey-Santiago. Other long-distance trains, principally departing/ending at Havana Central, link Santiago to Matanzas, Ciego de Ávila, Las Tunas and other cities.[6][7] There are also some inter-regional and regional trains to Palma Soriano, Bayamo, Manzanillo, Guantánamo and Holguín.

## Gallery

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* Side view of the building

* Station hall

* Station signboard (1)

* Station signboard (2)

## See also

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* Cuba portal
* Trains portal

* Camagüey railway station
* Havana Central railway station
* Santa Clara railway station

## References

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1. ^ The brief Santiago-El Cristo route is part of Havana-Santiago line. The junction El Cristo-La Maya was only partially built
2. ^ Santiago-San Luis route is part of Havana-Santiago line
3. ^ See the File:Esquema ferrocarril cuba.png
4. ^ 49998270 Old Santiago de Cuba station on OpenStreetMap
5. ^ Old Santiago station on santiagoencuba.com
6. ^ Train travel in Cuba: infos, timetables, pictures
7. ^ Infos about the Tren Francés (details for Santiago-Camagüey track)

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Santiago de Cuba railway station.

* 49998101 Santiago de Cuba railway station on OpenStreetMap
* "Santiago de Cuba railway station" (Map). Google Maps.