A efficient and well maintained train service would be great for Jamaica. The country would grow and develop much faster. One of the worst things that ever happened to Jamaica was the stoppage of passenger train service. That was a major setback for Jamaica.
It had one once before, the British built it but when they got their independence they let it fall into disrepair. Not they will have to start a fresh and it will cost plenty.
@@charlesjames799 It is estimated to cost approximately US$1 billion to revive the Jamaica Railway Corporation and it's train service. They can get investments from China. According to the latest news, discussions are taking place.
This would also be a game changer for reducing pollution from so many cars with a sole occupant on the road, and a much safer and hopefully affordable way to travel.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET IT DONE THIS TIME I KNOW IT BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR DECADES AND FOR ME IT DEFINITELY NEEDED AS YOU SAID FOR A COUNTY THAT HAVE TRAIN 🚂 BEFORE MANY OTHER PLACES WE SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THE BEST
This would be great news and would speed up travel and if you could move freight at the same time would improve logistics and infrastructure. Jamaica would benefit immensely and in return receive financial rewards.
Current service needs to run old harbor to Spanish town to Portmore to downtown Kingston. They need a small number of train station and good speed to move people from place to place quick to make the service a meaningful alternative to buses. With the train houses would be selling over old harbor like nobody’s business. Trains could help workers beat rush hour traffic. I’ve lived elsewhere and I’ll tell you, there’s Nutn like riding the train and watching all the angry drivers in traffic jam nearby
Why not run it from Mo Bay to Kingston like before, port to port and make some financial sense and get back some money back to contribute towards the cost of building the railway.
A quick and reliable passenger train service to move people from Old Harbour to Spanish Town and then through Portmore to Kingston would be useful and would help many people! It would also help to sell houses deeper into St Catherine and alleviate the pressure on Kingston and St Andrew and when they build more malls and stores to serve new communities create new jobs.
Why not build it back like the British had it, Kingston to Mo Bay port to port good for commerce. It’s going to many millions of dollars maybe couple of billion and port to port you could recuperate some finance to offset the costs. Also if anyone of the two airports were out of action for any reason you could fly to the one that is functioning and then take the train.
The establishment of the rail service will cost would cost serious law suits for the government as they will be in conflict with toil operators and many taxi operators. So people please rethink. Why invested billions of dollars on highway the decide to build a competing rail service???
The JRC needs a massive injection of capital and good management to succeed so they need an investor maybe they could try and convince some Chinese investors to come in as they are good on railways and helped to modernize many in Africa. In the past the government then had rejected interested investors who would have bought it because they were not offering enough and look where that got them, old decaying rolling stock and infrastructure.
Government could do subsidized housing for workers. They have apartments in Kingston. They could build units for workers in tourist areas. It’s just that these units would have to be either just rooms with common areas like UWI dorms or shared apartments. I like the dormitory option more. I think government dormitories for people with continued proof of employment would be a good idea.
A efficient and well maintained train service would be great for Jamaica. The country would grow and develop much faster. One of the worst things that ever happened to Jamaica was the stoppage of passenger train service. That was a major setback for Jamaica.
It had one once before, the British built it but when they got their independence they let it fall into disrepair.
Not they will have to start a fresh and it will cost plenty.
@@charlesjames799 It is estimated to cost approximately US$1 billion to revive the Jamaica Railway Corporation and it's train service. They can get investments from China. According to the latest news, discussions are taking place.
😢I am so angry up to now
That's a small price to pay. If they have modern trains and cars they can make it back. The north south highway cast close to that
Yes it's needed
Thanks for your continuous help an updating us Jamaicans at yard and aboard..bless up.
No problems
This would also be a game changer for reducing pollution from so many cars with a sole occupant on the road, and a much safer and hopefully affordable way to travel.
Yes it should be
I doubt it will be affordable but certainly safer n more comfortable than driving Mobay to Kingston
No more patch work,we need a thorough Locomotive system from Kingston to Montego bay and Portland like it use to be!
Kingston to Mobay is a priority
Well said
Nice nice real nice glad to hear this
Yep
Looking forward to this service.
Yep. Me too
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET IT DONE THIS TIME I KNOW IT BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR DECADES AND FOR ME IT DEFINITELY NEEDED AS YOU SAID FOR A COUNTY THAT HAVE TRAIN 🚂 BEFORE MANY OTHER PLACES WE SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THE BEST
Yes man.
This would be great news and would speed up travel and if you could move freight at the same time would improve logistics and infrastructure.
Jamaica would benefit immensely and in return receive financial rewards.
Yes this is the future for jamaica
stick to passengers freight will hold up the track n cause delays that's the problem w Amtrak
A blessing great❤❤❤❤❤
Yep
Taxi men will not like this as you will have options other than the dutty sweaty frowsy taxis they want you to sweat to death in
11 in one taxi
😒😒dem lucky!
The Taxi man & Ride sharing app man will be crying, we don't want any competition, because there is not enough business 🙏🏾
No man. They can work outside the train station
Current service needs to run old harbor to Spanish town to Portmore to downtown Kingston. They need a small number of train station and good speed to move people from place to place quick to make the service a meaningful alternative to buses.
With the train houses would be selling over old harbor like nobody’s business.
Trains could help workers beat rush hour traffic. I’ve lived elsewhere and I’ll tell you, there’s Nutn like riding the train and watching all the angry drivers in traffic jam nearby
Why not run it from Mo Bay to Kingston like before, port to port and make some financial sense and get back some money back to contribute towards the cost of building the railway.
Yes man this route is needed
That route to mobay is important, but to connect Kingston to all main towns in St Catherine would be top priority
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So tourist could fly to the Norman Manley international airport in Kingston, and take the train to mantigobay
Yep
Freight trains and touring trains are excellent ideas. Passenger trains for the general public...not so sure.
A quick and reliable passenger train service to move people from Old Harbour to Spanish Town and then through Portmore to Kingston would be useful and would help many people! It would also help to sell houses deeper into St Catherine and alleviate the pressure on Kingston and St Andrew and when they build more malls and stores to serve new communities create new jobs.
@@arahass9970 Money. Trains will take money from pre-existing road transport if they are priced competitively. So pricing will be key.
The roads can't manage. 11 people in one taxi is thr perfect example.
Passenger trains also.
Yes. Kingston to Portmore and Spanish Town should run 24 hrs
Why not build it back like the British had it, Kingston to Mo Bay port to port good for commerce.
It’s going to many millions of dollars maybe couple of billion and port to port you could recuperate some finance to offset the costs.
Also if anyone of the two airports were out of action for any reason you could fly to the one that is functioning and then take the train.
Yes man they plan to do that. This is just phase one
Wishful thinking !!
Hopeful thinking
If they can implement trolley trains into the thought plan it would be AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Yes that would be good to move around the city
The establishment of the rail service will cost would cost serious law suits for the government as they will be in conflict with toil operators and many taxi operators. So people please rethink. Why invested billions of dollars on highway the decide to build a competing rail service???
Yep it's needed
The JRC needs a massive injection of capital and good management to succeed so they need an investor maybe they could try and convince some Chinese investors to come in as they are good on railways and helped to modernize many in Africa. In the past the government then had rejected interested investors who would have bought it because they were not offering enough and look where that got them, old decaying rolling stock and infrastructure.
Indian and Chinese investors were Interested once
The need new trains they dnt have yo long like 5 cars each.
Yes need new trains
Really? Wow!!!
Yep. Progress
This is old story. They have being saying that for many years. I don't know why you are bringing this up. You are a JLP mouthpiece, anyway.
Lol not a political channel sir
Montego Bay needs many more low income housing schemes not trains to bring people from the KMA to work on the North Coast.
Government could do subsidized housing for workers. They have apartments in Kingston. They could build units for workers in tourist areas. It’s just that these units would have to be either just rooms with common areas like UWI dorms or shared apartments. I like the dormitory option more.
I think government dormitories for people with continued proof of employment would be a good idea.
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