Transport in Martinique

An integral part of the French Republic,[1] Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

One of the Windward Islands, it is directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of Barbados and south of Dominica.

Virtually the entire population speaks both French (the sole official language) and Martinican Creole.

There is a part of the N5 road that has been upgraded to a motorway, running from the capital Fort-de-France through Lamentin, Ducos and Rivière Salée until Les Coteaux.

Martininique has now(2018) only one railway line in operation: The little-known 2.5 km long Le Train des Plantations is a heritage railway that runs from the Rhum Museum in Sainte-Marie through some sugarcane and banana plantations over two Bailey bridges to the Banana Museum.