Albany railway station, Jamaica

Albany
Albany railway station, Saint Mary, Jamaica c1896
Coordinates	18°17′31″N 76°51′26″W / 18.291828°N 76.857176°W / 18.291828; -76.857176Coordinates: 18°17′31″N 76°51′26″W / 18.291828°N 76.857176°W / 18.291828; -76.857176
Owned by	Jamaica Railway Corporation
Line(s)	Bog Walk to Port Antonio branch line
Platforms	Single, double sided
Tracks	Three (Through, passing loop, siding)
Construction
Structure type	Wooden single story
History
Opened	1896^[1]
Closed	1978;^[2] since destroyed by fire^[3]
Location
Albany

Albany railway station opened in 1896,^[1] closed in 1975,^[2] reopened in 1977 and closed for good in 1978. It was on the Bog Walk to Port Antonio branch line, 42.5 miles (68.4 km) from the Kingston terminus,^[4] and served the surrounding agricultural community, providing a means for bananas to reach and be exported from Port Antonio. It was destroyed by fire sometime after closure.^[3]

Architecture

The station was a single story wooden building with sash windows.^[5] The pitched roof was extended to form a canopy over the platform on all four sides of the building.^[5]

Track layout

In addition to the platform serving the through line, there was a second platform on the opposite side of the station building to provide a passing loop.^[5] There was also a freight siding.^[5]

Fares

In 1910 the third class fare from Albany to Kingston was 3/6 (three shillings and sixpence); first class was about double.^[6]

References

1 2 Satchell & Sampson 2003, p. 7
1 2 Satchell & Sampson 2003, p. 12
1 2 Table 3.4 Location and Condition of Railway Stations, Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004, Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005.
↑ Table 3.5 Mileage for JRC Stations, Halts & Sidings in relation to the Kingston Railway Terminus, Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004, Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005.
1 2 3 4 Photo of the station.
↑ 1910 Directory, Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library, 2006.

External links

Bibliography

Satchell, Veront M & Sampson, Cezley (2003), The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica 1845-1975, The Journal of Transport History

Railways of Jamaica

Passenger lines	Kingston to Montego Bay Spanish Town to Ewarton Bog Walk to Port Antonio Linstead to New Works May Pen to Frankfield

Stations	List of railway stations in Jamaica Ailford's halt Albany Anchovy Angels halt Annotto Bay Appleton Appleton Tourist halt Balaclava Baughs halt Belfield halt Bog Walk Breadnut Walk halt Bryan's Hill Buff Bay Bushy Park halt Cambridge Catadupa Chapelton Clarendon Park Comfort Hall halt Crawle halt Crescent halt Crooked River Cross Roads/Ivy Store Darling Spring halt Duck Pond halt Esher Ewarton Fort George halt Fort Stewart halt Four Paths Frankfield Gordon’s halt Grange Lane Grays Inn halt Greenvale Greenwich Town halt Gregory Park Grove Place halt Harewood halt Hartlands halt Highgate Hope Bay Horizon Park halt Hunts Bay halt Ipswich Jacob’s Hut Kendal Kingston Linstead Longville halt Maggotty Marcus Garvey Drive halt May Pen Michleton halt Montego Bay Montpelier Morgans New Works Norwich halt Old Harbour Orange Bay Oxford halt Passley Gardens halt Port Antonio Porus Richmond Riversdale Robertson's halt Rock halt Saint Margaret's Bay Scott’s Pass halt Siloah halt Snow Hill halt Spanish Town Spring Garden halt St. John’s Road halt Sterling Castle halt Stonehenge Suttons Taja halt Troja Trout Hall Williamsfield Windsor Castle halt

Other infrastructure	List of railway tunnels in Jamaica

Bauxite lines	Alcan Bodies to Port Esquiville (Alcan) Woodside mines to Rocky Point Port (Alcoa) Nain to Port Kaiser (Alpart) Upper Saint Ann to Discovery Bay (Kaiser) (Reynolds)

Estate lines	Appleton (sugar) Bowden (bananas)

Military lines	Logans Junction to Fort Simmonds

Notable personnel	H R Fox David Smith (railway promoter) William Smith (railway promoter)

Notable incidents	Balaclava rail disaster Kendal rail disaster

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