Route Network
Ferrocarriles de Cuba uses 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) that extends from Guane (province Pinar del Río) in the westernmost part of the island up to the bay of Guantánamo in the eastern part.
Most of the 4,226 km is diesel with 140 km electrified. The branch to Trinidad in the south coast is damaged at a bridge and the rail service there is no longer connected to the rest of the national rail network. Local railcars run from the damaged bridge through Trinidad to the coast daily plus a steam locomotive and two home-built coaches on tourist tours through the sugar cane valleys of the Escambray Mountains.
The flagship Tren Francés ("French Train") travels between Havana and Santiago de Cuba and is operated by coaches originally used in Europe between Paris and Amsterdam on the ex-TEE service. The train is formed by 12 coaches and a Chinese-built diesel locomotive.
The Hershey Railway is an electrified railway from Havana to Matanzas that was built by the Hershey Company in order to facilitate transport of workers and products after it had bought sugar plantations in 1916. It is a commuter service running in northern Havana and Matanzas provinces, and some original equipment still exists.
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