Rail transport in Colombia
The
Colombian railway network has a total length of . There are of connecting
Cerrejón coal mines,
Tren del Cerrejón, to the maritime port of
Puerto Bolivar at
Bahia Portete, and of
narrow gauge of which are in use. The state-owned railway company, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia (National Railways of Colombia), was liquidated in the 1990s. Since then passenger rail service in Colombia is provided only as tourist
steam trains on the
Bogotá savanna railway, now called Turistren, and between
Bogotá and
Zipaquirá, and a general daily passenger service around
Barrancabermeja, and its surroundings (Puente Sogamoso, Garcia Cadena,
Puerto Berrio, and
Puerto Parra), provided by Coopsercol.
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