Trinidad Rapid Railway
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The Trinidad Rapid Railway is a proposed passenger railway system in Trinidad and Tobago.
On 11 April 2008, the TriniTrain consortium of Alstom Transport SA, Alstom T&T Ltd, Bouygues Construction and RATP Développement announced it had been selected by the government to plan and build two new passenger railway lines in Trinidad.[1] WSP was advising the government on the routes.[2]
In a meeting with then Prime Minister Patrick Manning on 28 April 2009, Minister of Works & Transport, Colm Imbert said construction of the Trinidad Rapid Railway would commence in mid-2010, with the first train rolling out of the capital city approximately 36 to 39 months later[3] as detailed by the National Infrastructure Development Company Limited (NIDCO).[4]
In September 2010, the project was scrapped.[5][6]
In 2015, under the Administration of the new Prime Minister, Dr. Rowley, the project was reinitiated.[7] However, in 2016, the project was scrapped again due to falling oil prices affecting the economy of Trinidad and Tobago.[8]