Linstead to New Works railway
km
4.8
New Works
various infrastructure on a gently rising gradient
0.0
Linstead
The Linstead to New Works railway was a railway in Jamaica constructed in 1921 to serve a citrus growing region to the north east of Linstead .[ 1]
Linstead is at 400 feet[ 2] while New Works is close below the 500 foot contour,[ 3] so the line must have risen around 79 feet in its three miles for an average gradient of 1 in 200 or thereabouts.
There must have been at least 2 stations on the line:[ 3]
There were no tunnels on the line.[ 3]
There were probably no significant bridges on the line as its junction with the Spanish Town to Ewarton line would have been north of the Rio Magno Gully Bridge [ 4] (~75m)[ 5] and there are no other significant water courses between Linstead and New Works.[ 3]
Notes and references [ edit ]
Passenger lines 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 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