State Railways Institution
Railway network
The Venezuelan network includes 682 km (424 mi) of rail in standard gauge. The network covers the populated and production areas in the country, and is managed by IFE under various Regional Development Plans.

State Railways Institution

Section Title: Railway network
Table Section Text: The Venezuelan network includes 682 km (424 mi) of rail in standard gauge. The network covers the populated and production areas in the country, and is managed by IFE under various Regional Development Plans.

Railway	Branch	Present Status	Station	Location

Ezequiel Zamora	Capital Line Caracas – El Sombrero (approx 150 km)	Passenger service on Venezuela's first electrified train line between Caracas and Cúa (41 km) has been in operation since October 15, 2006.	Libertador Simón Bolívar	Caracas beside the Caracas Metro La Rinconada station.	Federal District

Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda	North Charallave	Miranda State

Don Simón Rodríguez	South Charallave	Miranda State

General Ezequiel Zamora	Cúa	Miranda State

Camatagua	Aragua State

El Sombrero	Guarico State

Puerto Cabello – La Encrucijada (approx. 108 km)	Under construction and originally projected completion by before 2011 however there have been damage setbacks. After years of slow progress a small part of the line (San Diego-Guacara about 10 km) will be opened before the end of 2012.	Puerto Cabello	Puerto Cabello	Carabobo State

Naguanagua	Northern Valencia suburb	Carabobo State

San Diego	North-eastern Valencia suburb	Carabobo State

Guacara	Eastern Valencia suburb	Carabobo State

San Joaquín	San Joaquín	Carabobo State

Mariara	Mariara	Carabobo State

Maracay	Maracay	Aragua State

Cagua	Santa Crúz de Aragua with station near Cagua, La Encrucijada and Turmero	Aragua State

La Encrucijada – Cúa	planning stage	La Victoria	La Victoria	Aragua State

Las Tejerías	Las Tejerías	Aragua State

La Encrucijada – San Juan de Los Morros	planning stage	Villa de Cura	Villa de Cura	Aragua State

San Juan de Los Morros	San Juan de Los Morros	Guárico State

Simón Bolívar	Puerto Cabello – Barquisimeto	Trial runs between Barquisimeto and Yaritagua have been successful where passenger travel time between the 2 stations is completed in 30 minutes (34 km).	Puerto Cabello	Puerto Cabello	Carabobo State

Morón	Western Puerto Cabello Suburb	Carabobo State

San Felipe	San Felipe	Yaracuy State

Urama	Urama	Yaracuy State

Chivacoa	Chivacoa	Yaracuy State

Yaritagua	Yaritagua	Yaracuy State

Barquisimeto	Barquisimeto	Lara State

Yaritagua – Acarigua – Turén	Trial train runs have been successfully employed between Barquisimeto and Acarigua via Yaritagua and everyone awaits the inauguration for this 101 km service.	Acarigua	Acarigua	Portuguesa State

Turén	Turén	Portuguesa State

Norte Occidental (North Western)	Morón – Riecito	only freight services	Morón	Morón	Carabobo State

Tucacas	Tucacas	Falcón State

Yaracal	Yaracal	Falcón State

Riecito	Riecito	Falcón State

Yaracal – Punto Fijo	planning stage	Coro	Coro	Falcón State

Punto Fijo	Punto Fijo	Falcón State

Norte Llanero (Northern Plains)	Maturín – Anaco	planning stage	Maturín	Maturín	Monagas State

Anaco	Anaco	Anzoátegui State

Anaco – Tinaco	This 468 km line is under construction for over 3 years, and expected completion by year-end 2012 has amounted to just less than 25% line completion.	Aragua de Barcelona	Anaco	Anzoátegui State

Zaraza	Zaraza	Guárico State

Tucupito	Tucupito	Guárico State

Valle de la Pascua	Valle de la Pascua	Guárico State

Chaguaramos	Chaguaramos	Guárico State

El Sombrero	El Sombrero	Guárico State

Dos Caminos	Dos Caminos	Guárico State

El Pao	El Pao	Cojedes State

Tinaco	Tinaco	Cojedes State

Tinaco – Barinas	planning stage	San Carlos	San Carlos	Cojedes State

Acarigua	Acarigua	Portuguesa State

Guanare	Guanare	Portuguesa State

Sabaneta	Sabaneta	Barinas State

Barinas	Barinas	Barinas State

Barinas – San Cristobál	planning stage	Barinitas	Barinitas	Barinas State

San Rafael del Piñal	San Rafael del Piñal	Táchira State

San Cristóbal	San Cristóbal State	Táchira

Centro Sur (South Central)	San Juan de Los Morros – San Fernando de Apure	The original reconstruction and extension of this 252+ km line was to be completed by year-end 2011 for freight and passenger.	San Juan de Los Morros	San Juan de Los Morros	Guárico State

Ortíz	Ortíz	Guárico State

Dos Caminos	Dos Caminos	Guárico State

Calabozo	Calabozo	Guárico State

Corozopando	Corozopando	Guárico State

Camaguán	Camaguán	Guárico State

San Fernando de Apure	San Fernando de Apure	Apure State

Chaguaramas – Caicara del Orinoco	The original reconstruction and extension to be completed by year-end 2011 for freight and passenger went by without success. The first part of the line service from Chaguaramos to Cabruta some 201 km is scheduled to be completed by 2012.	Chaguaramas	Chaguaramas	Guárico State

Las Mercedes	Las Mercedes	Guárico State

El Mejo	El Mejo	Guárico State

Santa Rita	Santa Rita	Guárico State

Arrecife	Arrecife	Guárico State

Cabruta	Cabruta	Guárico State

Caicara del Orinoco	Caicara del Orinoco	Bolívar State

Oriental (Eastern)	Guanta – Naricual	abandoned line, under study for upgrade	Guanta	Guanta	Anzoátegui State

Naricual	Naricual

Ciudad Guayana – Manicaure	under construction	Puerto Ordaz	Ciudad Guayana Este	Bolívar State

Maturín	Maturín	Monagas State

Manicaure	Manicaure	Sucre State

Anaco – Cúa	planning stage	Anaco	Anaco	Anzoátegui State

Barcelona	Barcelona	Anzoátegui State

El José	El José	Anzoátegui State

Puerto Píritu	Puerto Píritu	Anzoátegui State

Higuerote	Higuerote	Miranda State

Cúa	Cúa	Miranda State

Occidental (Western)	Maracaibo – Sabana de Mendoza	planning stage, had symbolic laying of the first rail and project definition	Maracaibo	beside a Maracaibo Metro station	Zulia State

El Tablazo	El Tablazo	Zulia State

Santa Rita	Santa Rita	Zulia State

Cabimas	Cabimas	Zulia State

Ciudad Ojeda	Ciudad Ojeda	Zulia State

Lagunillas	Lagunillas	Zulia State

Bachaquero	Bachaquero	Zulia State

Mene Grande	Mene Grande	Zulia State

Sabana de Mendoza	Sabana de Mendoza	Trujillo State

Sabana de Mendoza – Barquisimeto	planning stage	Carora	Carora	Lara State

Barquisimeto	Barquisimeto	Lara State

Encontrados – Machiques	planning stage	Encontrados	Encontrados	Zulia State

Machiques	Machiques	Zulia State

Machiques – Maracaibo – Puerto Las Américas	planning stage	Maracaibo	Maracaibo	Zulia State

Puerto Las Américas	Puerto Las Américas	Zulia State

Región Guayana (Guayana region)	San Fernando – Tucupita	planning stage	San Fernando de Apure	San Fernando de Apure	Apure State

Cabruta	Cabruta	Gúarico State

Caicara	Caicara	Bolívar State

Ciudad Bolívar	Ciudad Bolívar	Bolívar State

Ciudad Guayana	Puerto Ordaz	Bolívar State

Tucupita	Tucupita	Delta Amacuro State

Caicara – Puerto Ayacucho	planning stage	Puerto Ayacucho	Puerto Ayacucho	Amazonas State

Caracas – La Guaira	Caracas – La Guaira	planning stage - In May 2007 a maglev train was proposed to link Caracas to La Guaira and Simón Bolívar International Airport.	Caracas	La Rinconada	Distrito Federal

Maiquetía	Maiquetía (near the airport)	Vargas State

La Guaira	La Guaira by the seaport	Vargas State

Recreacional (recreational)	Parque Recreacional El Encanto	Reconstruction for passenger service by end of 2012	Los Teques	Los Teques	Miranda State

Sentence(s)

The Venezuelan network is part of the Ezequiel Zamora railway which starts from Caracas and ends in the Cúa Miranda State.

final_sentence: The Venezuelan network is part of the Ezequiel Zamora railway which starts from Caracas and ends in the Cúa Miranda State.