Panama Canal Railway
The Panama Railroad was built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1909 during construction of the Panama Canal. The line begins in Cristobal on the Atlantic, running southeast toward Balboa on the Pacific. It was operated by the United States until 1979, when control was returned to the government of Panama under the terms of the Panama Canal Treaty.
On June 19, 1998, the government of Panama officially signed over the railway to the Panama Canal Railway Co. Construction began in February of 2000 and was completed in 2001.
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