Railways in Guyana

[1] It was 4 ft 8½ ins (1,435 mm) standard gauge and first operated by the Demerara Railway Company, a private concern, but sold to the Colonial Transport Department of the Government, which assumed control from 1 January 1922.

All the railway stations, bridges, stores and other facilities were constructed by John Bradshaw Sharples.

[3] Financing was provided by the Demerera Sugar Company who wished to transport their product to the dock of Georgetown.

There were three major bridges on the line, all constructed of steel, across the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abary Rivers.

[5] There were 17 stations on the Demerara-Berbice Railway:[6] In 1936, the Colonial Transport Department owned 16 locomotives, 39 coaches and 283 goods wagons.

In 1922 there were three return trains each day, timed to interconnect with arriving and departing steam ferries.

[2] By 1974 there were eight railway stations along the Demerara-Essequibo line: [6][11] There were sidings to the sugar factories of Leonora and Uitvlugt.

[11] A number of minor stops, called platforms, were located between the stations, e.g., at Crane, Blankenberg, Den Amstel, Cornelia Ida, Stewartville, De Willem, Farm.