I grew up in Kingston and used to ride the train to St Elizabeth to go see my grandmother in the summers,such great memory of a calmer Jamaica then. Sweet,sweet Jamaica of yester year.
This is awesome congrats to Jamaica for having the vision of bringing train service back, In Trinidad we had a prime minister Eric Williams who made the dumbest decision to discontinue train service in 1967 and that has negatively impacted the country to this day with mass traffic jams but im glad that Jamaica did the right thing to resume train service, the train ride looks like fun would love to ride it one day.
I used to travel regularly from Kingston to Williamsfield between 1959 and 1962. Great memories of this railway. Once we hit a cow near Maypen. Luckily the cow survived.
I hope their is a lot of safety precaution taken in securing the tracks and stations.. because i can see know things can go terrible wrong.. I also hope it is cost effective so every Jamaican has the opportunity to travel this way..
Wow this is great news. I will travel to Jamaica just to ride on the train. I remember taking it from Kendal to Anchovy. I hope this is a sign of more rail service for the rest of the network that ran in the 1980's.
Excellent move. I understand it's a truncated line based on what it was in Jamaica when I was a boy taking it from Hanover to kingston. I think Jamaicans should consider the impact this can have on tourism and treat it as such. I also think the farmers and future farmers should take special in working to extend the service throughout the entire island even if they have to volunteer their service towards this expansion. The economic reward will be tremendous as the agricultural entities can be fully restored. So to extend on the primister's statement: the three focus group of this endeavor should be the school children, tourism and the farming industries. Excellent move- whoever is responsible for this.
the way the trains looks very patriotic and beautiful and i'm not even Jamaican i'm from the island of east of Jamaica west of Hispaniola i'm a friendly next door neighbor in support of the train
Congrats Jamaica on this fantastic achievement . This is indeed a very great blessing and I hope it would be expanded to the fullest . About 50 years ago the Train was stopped here in Trinidad so I do not know if we would ever see it running here again, but I am very happy for the Jamaica . Thanks .
Political will plays a big part in what actually gets done and who should get responsibility. Eighteen years is a long time to accomplish a lot of things especially when put into context that this was accomplished in the first threes years of a five year term, Congrats JLP. The start of a rail service in a country is a huge step.
@KEVI3000: That's So True KEVI3000, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT. Not Everyone appreciates things and do mash up stuff. You're speaking about those people. LET'S HOPE they Don't Mess things up for the Rest.
hope they make at least two more train one from mobay airport to kingston air port that would be sweet and effient .congrats good work keep it clean and safe.
Mi nuh like how di likkle water part deh look still enuh! A only hope di train nuh easily derail, bcuz I'm planning to take this train whenever I visit Jamaica again!
At 0:15 is that an A/C unit retrofitted to the coach? I use to ride the train every week day to school from Portmore it was convenient. Hope it works and not another election ploy. May need to modernize to be sustainable.
Trains pass through May Pen, you say? That is good news, But is there timetable and various lines all over the country. Big respect for the return of the rail service.
some jamaicans should get back to the basics (agriculture) because that was the backbone that kept us strong but due to people scorn farmers saying "mi nuh waan my pikney fi touch dirt" then how is the country going to be if all we have are doctors,nurses, teachers etc, but no one to produce foods for inport and export, surely we would all starve!
Same thing we've been saying down here in Barbados. Everybody wants their own piece of the rock, but land still needs to be left back for agriculture, otherwise the country would run out of money importing everything. That's why high rises are the way to go. Back to the topic, however. Jamaica has made a smart move implementing passenger train services to move people across the country. That's the direction larger countries are taking.
Kool..it need to run right through the Island..they will have to fence off the track though..cause lots off youth are goona lose their feet trying hop it, and these youth dont know to hop train. I love that its back..kooool
I have my reservations about the honesty of the JLP, but without a doubt they're doers unlike the opposition which just oppose, oppose, oppose for no other reason but to make everything this party tries to do fail.I voted for the PNP for over 30yrs but as they currently stand, could not imagine doing it again.I'm all for those who put Jamaica first instead of party. For those who think I'm a JLP groupie, I never said I voted for them in the past nor will I guarantee them my vote in the future
yeh yeh traveling & ting dats nice....BUT im focus on JOBS JOBS JOBS, IMCOME!!! dats wat its all about. wid dis train system. Nuff ute should be imployed by dis now dat it here.... BIG UP STILL.
@danger069gurl which country is that ,if you don't mind me asking? I don't see how people can manage to destroy a street? I haven't seen that in Jamaica. Further more, street up-keeping is a government function and unless people are dropping 2 ton boulders It simply will not be destroyed. Jamaica is famous for poorly constructed roads. Their attempts at a fix for water damage is to repack it with Marl.so you're right " government no do nothing fi them !!" but nyam the $ & live big life!
I witnessed a man whom fell onto the track while from car to car and the train ran over him. His wife was screaming and the train stopped to pick him up only to a carry him to next station , to drop his body with his wifie.. lol not. Wat a ting to reflect upon..
@nexxlinq it is not only jamaican but for a small country it sure one of the most destructive , but as a jamaican the people will have to do what the government is not doing , we have to remember that we take the train not the government let us keep it clean . a poor man always rob another poor man . the government cant keep tab on every single person activity but so its us who have to b our brother's keeper . as i said before i wish this project all the best still
@nexxlinq i am just saying even though the train will be cheaper it gonna cost the people who ride it because they will get rob, plus a lot a graphite will b in d train pretty soon (government will wait money fixing it ), i am not saying police have noting to do with " why Jamaica is the way is it" yr quote . i am saying the police where i am hardly have any thing to do because their is few law breaking. and i also used to live in Jamaica and i have friends from all social background .
I hope people will be objective and look at the things the JLP have accomplished so far with this hard economic time. Look at all the set backs Ja endured, yet the JLP has managed to accoplish a few things. They've made huge mistakes , but still manage to take a few steps forward. What have Portia and the PNP done? Look at her constituency. btw, May Pen is in shambles. Next they need to revive that ttown and some others too
Where is the train? A hundred plus mile, they can't run. Move those people off the public utility, so that the country can be productive, and stop choking the jamaican economy to death. If you had fully grasp the impotance of the railway, it would have been completed long ago. For even in Africa people are understanding the importance. Why do you think the world is swiftly implementing their railway programs? For timely delivery of people and industrial import export goods, in addition to bringing down the cost of goods.
I grew up in Kingston and used to ride the train to St Elizabeth to go see my grandmother in the summers,such great memory of a calmer Jamaica then.
Sweet,sweet Jamaica of yester year.
Does the train start running from Kingston?
This is awesome congrats to Jamaica for having the vision of bringing train service back, In Trinidad we had a prime minister Eric Williams who made the dumbest decision to discontinue train service in 1967 and that has negatively impacted the country to this day with mass traffic jams but im glad that Jamaica did the right thing to resume train service, the train ride looks like fun would love to ride it one day.
I'm every happy to see that. I use to take the train from Spanish town to Old Harbour from 1989-1991 I though those days are gone glad to see it back.
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I used to travel regularly from Kingston to Williamsfield between 1959 and 1962. Great memories of this railway. Once we hit a cow near Maypen. Luckily the cow survived.
Love you jamaika.
From Sri Lanka.
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good work Jamaica Government for bringing back the rail ways.
The service was very much needed.
welcome welcome back i remember those days !! So happy for the citizen.😅😅❤🙏🙏
I hope their is a lot of safety precaution taken in securing the tracks and stations.. because i can see know things can go terrible wrong.. I also hope it is cost effective so every Jamaican has the opportunity to travel this way..
I am overjoyed at this breakthrough in Jamaica. I pray that people will remember the unity of this first ride. Thank God for this great achievement.
Wow this is great news. I will travel to Jamaica just to ride on the train. I remember taking it from Kendal to Anchovy. I hope this is a sign of more rail service for the rest of the network that ran in the 1980's.
Excellent move. I understand it's a truncated line based on what it was in Jamaica when I was a boy taking it from Hanover to kingston. I think Jamaicans should consider the impact this can have on tourism and treat it as such. I also think the farmers and future farmers should take special in working to extend the service throughout the entire island even if they have to volunteer their service towards this expansion. The economic reward will be tremendous as the agricultural entities can be fully restored. So to extend on the primister's statement: the three focus group of this endeavor should be the school children, tourism and the farming industries. Excellent move- whoever is responsible for this.
the way the trains looks very patriotic and beautiful and i'm not even Jamaican i'm from the island of east of Jamaica west of Hispaniola i'm a friendly next door neighbor in support of the train
Congrats Jamaica on this fantastic achievement . This is indeed a very great blessing and I hope it would be expanded to the fullest . About 50 years ago the Train was stopped here in Trinidad so I do not know if we would ever see it running here again, but I am very happy for the Jamaica . Thanks .
We need the train to go from Montego Bay to Kingston like back in the days. I never been on the train.
Political will plays a big part in what actually gets done and who should get responsibility. Eighteen years is a long time to accomplish a lot of things especially when put into context that this was accomplished in the first threes years of a five year term, Congrats JLP. The start of a rail service in a country is a huge step.
Great leap Jamaica I love it, any time frame on when we can expect to the train back in Port Antonio?
Lovely great job I never been on one before I am 47 years old
cant wait to reach in Jamaica and try it out
So sad that it could not continue with this
There are plans to bring it back again, only time will tell when it will make a triumphant return
Who owns the train station and service
@KEVI3000: That's So True KEVI3000, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT. Not Everyone appreciates things and do mash up stuff. You're speaking about those people. LET'S HOPE they Don't Mess things up for the Rest.
It would be so awesome for it come back!
There are plans and discussions to bring it back once more, only time will tell when it will make its triumphant return once more.
The rails are safer than the roads. I remember those days.
awesome, who bank rolled this venture? Was it the Chinese?
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope they expand on the idea. It could be something really great if they include long-distance routes again.
Do freight trains use railway track west of May Pen? How far?
They should bring back the train system in Jamaica 🇯🇲 an make it even better
There are plans to bring back the rail network with both freight and passenger service, only time will tell when rail service will thrive once more
hope they make at least two more train one from mobay airport to kingston air port that would be sweet and effient .congrats good work keep it clean and safe.
Mi nuh like how di likkle water part deh look still enuh! A only hope di train nuh easily derail, bcuz I'm planning to take this train whenever I visit Jamaica again!
At 0:15 is that an A/C unit retrofitted to the coach? I use to ride the train every week day to school from Portmore it was convenient. Hope it works and not another election ploy. May need to modernize to be sustainable.
Kingston to Montego Bay was a main Route so I think it will be back.. This is just a test run.
Trains pass through May Pen, you say? That is good news, But is there timetable and various lines all over the country.
Big respect for the return of the rail service.
rich Mck sad they did not continue
I always said they need this, plus more track put down to connect the small towns. Plus make it public and government owned for vested interest.
some jamaicans should get back to the basics (agriculture) because that was the backbone that kept us strong but due to people scorn farmers saying "mi nuh waan my pikney fi touch dirt" then how is the country going to be if all we have are doctors,nurses, teachers etc, but no one to produce foods for inport and export, surely we would all starve!
Same thing we've been saying down here in Barbados. Everybody wants their own piece of the rock, but land still needs to be left back for agriculture, otherwise the country would run out of money importing everything. That's why high rises are the way to go.
Back to the topic, however. Jamaica has made a smart move implementing passenger train services to move people across the country. That's the direction larger countries are taking.
Kool..it need to run right through the Island..they will have to fence off the track though..cause lots off youth are goona lose their feet trying hop it, and these youth dont know to hop train. I love that its back..kooool
yes
.jamaica need it..keep it going
Looks good!
Does this train service still exist? I thought it closed down shortly after.
It did close down, but there's plans to bring it back once again, when it will make a return is currently unknown, but it will return eventually
@NellieRoxxMusic: They'll be One Sooner than you think. It's Work in Progress.
It's such a shame that they're discontinuing it.
all the efforts by the Chinese Railways to resurrect it (As reported by Wikipedia)were wasted
@RyMuEntertainment i meant destructive lol ......... i am in spain now .... well i wish this project all the best and not be a waste
@KEVI3000: They shouldn't mash it up. Think Positive, this is a Very Good thing.
Big up to JA! :D Will be so much easier to visit my family in these areas! :)
can we have a proper tour of the train? and the train stations?
I have my reservations about the honesty of the JLP, but without a doubt they're doers unlike the opposition which just oppose, oppose, oppose for no other reason but to make everything this party tries to do fail.I voted for the PNP for over 30yrs but as they currently stand, could not imagine doing it again.I'm all for those who put Jamaica first instead of party. For those who think I'm a JLP groupie, I never said I voted for them in the past nor will I guarantee them my vote in the future
@tantillnuh Say what? Give me some more info on this. So Jamican govt own what % of this service? And where can i get this information?
I LOVE IT
yeh yeh traveling & ting dats nice....BUT im focus on JOBS JOBS JOBS, IMCOME!!! dats wat its all about. wid dis train system. Nuff ute should be imployed by dis now dat it here.... BIG UP STILL.
We need our airline back.
Path train like New Jersey ,or rapid transit as Miami
When trains will start to run in a regular way?
please JLP my foot PJ was the one who started the process and they are reaping the benifits of that action and not giving credit where it is due
@danger069gurl which country is that ,if you don't mind me asking? I don't see how people can manage to destroy a street? I haven't seen that in Jamaica. Further more, street up-keeping is a government function and unless people are dropping 2 ton boulders It simply will not be destroyed. Jamaica is famous for poorly constructed roads. Their attempts at a fix for water damage is to repack it with Marl.so you're right " government no do nothing fi them !!" but nyam the $ & live big life!
Well done Mike Henry
I witnessed a man whom fell onto the track while from car to car and the train ran over him. His wife was screaming and the train stopped to pick him up only to a carry him to next station , to drop his body with his wifie.. lol not. Wat a ting to reflect upon..
OMG NICE TRAIN IS BACK LOL SWEET
Good news our prime minister doing good job
Marica Beadle wtf it’s 2011 before he became PM. Are you dumb
@nexxlinq it is not only jamaican but for a small country it sure one of the most destructive , but as a jamaican the people will have to do what the government is not doing , we have to remember that we take the train not the government let us keep it clean . a poor man always rob another poor man . the government cant keep tab on every single person activity but so its us who have to b our brother's keeper . as i said before i wish this project all the best still
mi cyaan wait to go pan it
I pray that it’s owned by Jamaican companies or government and not the Chinese.
hope it wrk
@danger069gurl ok..same here.Bless
@nexxlinq i am just saying even though the train will be cheaper it gonna cost the people who ride it because they will get rob, plus a lot a graphite will b in d train pretty soon (government will wait money fixing it ), i am not saying police have noting to do with " why Jamaica is the way is it" yr quote . i am saying the police where i am hardly have any thing to do because their is few law breaking. and i also used to live in Jamaica and i have friends from all social background .
Jamaicans wake up
I to had mis the train it was better. Than the bus and car
@dondycluck inform on them
I hope people will be objective and look at the things the JLP have accomplished so far with this hard economic time. Look at all the set backs Ja endured, yet the JLP has managed to accoplish a few things. They've made huge mistakes , but still manage to take a few steps forward. What have Portia and the PNP done? Look at her constituency. btw, May Pen is in shambles. Next they need to revive that ttown and some others too
about time...shit
Where they bought those trains? I just wonder, It looks more like work trains than passenger train to me. They could have done much better!
Lester Smith you got the money?
Nope the train over not no more train
wah u mean train back on di track oh.
nice JLP win again.....
@twrtoday: SO NOT TRUE.
Electric trains
mad
Where is the train? A hundred plus mile, they can't run. Move those people off the public utility, so that the country can be productive, and stop choking the jamaican economy to death. If you had fully grasp the impotance of the railway, it would have been completed long ago. For even in Africa people are understanding the importance. Why do you think the world is swiftly implementing their railway programs? For timely delivery of people and industrial import export goods, in addition to bringing down the cost of goods.
@KEVI3000 yuh zeet lol
Sum ppl soon put bere grafitti on it..
@alphajs3 lol