Railroad Between Puerto Plata And Santiago?

K

Ken

Platinum
Jan 1, 2002
13,884
495
83
From today's Sosua News:

[h=5]Chinese investors have offered to build a railway between Puerto Plata and Santiago. It will be a two-lane connection, including some tunnels and the construction of some stations. At a later stage, the line then can be extended to the capital Santo Domingo. Mr. Gao Shoujian, representative of the 'la Oficina de Desarrollo Comercial de la Rep?blica Popular China' believes that this makes Puerto Plata more accessible for future tourists. Gao Shoujian believes that tourism from China will be booming in the near future.[/h]
[h=5][/h] [h=5]The costs for the construction of this railway will be at least 1 billion dollar.[/h]
 
S

SKY

Gold
Apr 11, 2004
13,502
3,632
113
If this happens it would save the North Coast. But the key word is "IF". But we can hope.
 
S

SKY

Gold
Apr 11, 2004
13,502
3,632
113
MerengueDutchie said:
they will pay for it themselves?
Click to expand...

Who else would pay? Certainly not the DR Government. Maybe they figure they can make money in the long run, and extend it from Santiago to SD.

But in the DR you can believe nothing of what you hear and half of what you see.
 
B

bri777

Bronze
Sep 11, 2010
1,008
19
38
this would also include a new mall in pop

that way its the new mall to mall connection!

Manu
 
SantiagoDR

SantiagoDR

The "REAL" SantiagoDR
Jan 12, 2006
5,813
950
113
SKY said:
Who else would pay? Certainly not the DR Government. Maybe they figure they can make money in the long run, and extend it from Santiago to SD.

But in the DR you can believe nothing of what you hear and half of what you see.
Click to expand...

Ken said:
The costs for the construction of this railway will be at least 1 billion dollar.
Click to expand...


The IBTIS on that would come to $160,000,000 ($160 million dollars).

Lot's of deluxe SUV's in the future.
 
B

Bob K

Silver
Aug 16, 2004
2,520
121
63
Actually it is going to be built with the surplus money left after they finish building the new hopspital by the airport

Bob K
 
waytogo

waytogo

Moderator - North Coast Forum
Apr 3, 2009
6,407
580
113
Santiago DR
Lets not forget a train with a food court and 3-D theater..........
Last but not least.............double decker shopping.........

B in Santiago
 
Y

yapask1

New member
Jul 23, 2012
477
0
0
Vinyasa said:
China never does anything for free
Click to expand...

Their banks and the Chinese state banks interest rates if you want to borrow money are very low at the moment 1.5 - 3 %. Plus the state owned railway construction company has surplus labor at the moment.

It would be great if it happened - DR has made a mistake building roads not railways.

Europe is building new railways and not roads as it seeks to reduce energy consumption. China is extending its network.

China Railway Engineering Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

yapask1
 
W

windeguy

Platinum
Jul 10, 2004
42,211
5,969
113
Bob K said:
Actually it is going to be built with the surplus money left after they finish building the new hopspital by the airport

Bob K
Click to expand...

That is funny, but somebody already has that extra money.

yapask1 said:
Their banks and the Chinese state banks interest rates if you want to borrow money are very low at the moment 1.5 - 3 %. Plus the state owned railway construction company has surplus labor at the moment.

It would be great if it happened - DR has made a mistake building roads not railways.

Europe is building new railways and not roads as it seeks to reduce energy consumption. China is extending its network.

China Railway Engineering Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

yapask1
Click to expand...

Maybe we could get some good Chinese restaurants as a result.
 
P

pelaut

Bronze
Aug 5, 2007
1,089
33
48
www.ThornlessPath.com
Years ago I read an historical report from a passenger tripping to Sgo from PoP on the sugar railroad which was later torn up.
Artifacts of that RR are all over the coast, but I wonder how much of a spur to (or near) Sgo was true. Anybody know?

The RR was built after the Treaty of Paris when American capital flooded the country, and the Chinese and Irish that built the U.S. railroads were brought in to build one between the sugar lands and the ports (ditto Cuba). Workers that stayed are responsible for the lovely tilt to the eyes of some of the north's monta?eras.
 
M

MerengueDutchie

Silver
Oct 13, 2003
2,789
90
48
instagram.com
pelaut said:
The RR was built after the Treaty of Paris when American capital flooded the country, and the Chinese and Irish that built the U.S. railroads were brought in to build one between the sugar lands and the ports (ditto Cuba). Workers that stayed are responsible for the lovely tilt to the eyes of some of the north's monta?eras.
Click to expand...

I can vouch for the Cuban ones to be still in operation and have seen the tracks in the south of the DR. Lots of tracks seem to be still in use.
 
D

dv8

Gold
Sep 27, 2006
31,266
363
0
ken, i think the picture you meant to post was this:
1zg83kz.jpg
 
J

JohnnyBoy

Bronze
Jun 17, 2012
1,448
0
0
Vinyasa said:
China never does anything for free
Click to expand...

Well nobody does anything for free. How can anyone pay to do anything if they dont get paid for their work? Private rail will get done faster, cost less and run better than any rail sponsored by the Govt. Let the Chinese build it and when the market crashes in China some rich families in the DR will buy it jack the fares through the roof and stop maintaining it.
I would be willing to bet you will get a better Railroad if the Chinese run it
 
V

Vinyasa

Bronze
Dec 22, 2010
1,419
6
38
www.kieranbarry.com
What i mean is that there is a hidden cost with the chinese. They have been spreading their influence throughout the world, particularly in Africa, building public structures but for strong political influence in the countries they have been involved in.
What their interest in the DR is i dont know, but there will be one....gold maybe??

Anyway, that aside, i would love to see railways here.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom