Tracks without a line, but not without a purpose

Medellín

By Jaron Rau

Tracks without a line, but not without a purpose

Past, present or future rail? This spot confused me at first. I saw an old railway bridge, modern-looking rails nearby, and yet no normal Metro line appears here on the passenger map. So what are these tracks? Are they remnants of the old Ferrocarril de Antioquia ? Are they part of today’s Metro? Or are they already preparation for a future project like Tren del Río ? The answer is a bit of all three, but in different ways. The old layer The bridge belongs to the story of the Ferrocarril de Antioquia , the regional railway that once helped connect Medellín and Antioquia to the rest of Colombi…

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