Anchovy railway station opened in c1894 and closed in 1992. It served the small town of Anchovy, Jamaica on the Kingston to Montego Bay line and was from the Kingston terminus.Table 3.5 Mileage for JRC Stations, Halts & Sidings in relation to the Kingston Railway Terminus , Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004, Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005.
It was built around 1894 of timber in the Jamaican Georgian architectural style.Anchovy Railway Station , Jamaica National Heritage Trust. It has two floors. The ground floor has timber doors and
sash windows
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. The upper floor is partially
cantilever
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ed and is supported by a series of timber posts on the ground floor to form a canopy over the platform and front elevation. The upper floor has a mixture of sash and louvred windows as well as recessed panel timber doors. The roof of the structure is a T-shaped
gable end
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fanlight
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on either side of a double gable end section of the roof.
In 2003 it was reported as being in "very poor condition" and "in need of major repairs".Table 3.4 Location and Condition of Railway Stations , Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004, Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005.
It is on the list of designated National Heritage Sites in Jamaica.
Fares
In 1910 the third class fare from Anchovy to Kingston was 8/- (eight
shillings
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); first class was about double.1910 Directory Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library, 2006.