Balaclava is a small town in St Elizabeth, Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

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Balacalva has a lively pretty Market, and the St Luke Anglican Church , where many victims of the Kendall Train Crash (1957) are buried.

Nearby the village of Marlborough Hill offers great scenic walks and tranquillity. The Armstrong bar for relation, local entertainment and great conversation with local clientele.

Station

The now disused Balaclava railway station served the Kingston to Montego Bay

Railways of Jamaica: Kingston to Montego Bay

The Kingston to Montego Bay line was Jamaica's main railway. It linked the capital Kingston with the second city Montego Bay, passing enroute most of the major towns.-Construction, operation and closure:...

 main line. The station opened c1892 and closed in October 1992 when all passenger traffic on Jamaica's railways abruptly ceased.

Train accident

A serious train derailment

Derailment

A derailment is an accident on a railway or tramway in which a rail vehicle, or part or all of a train, leaves the tracks on which it is travelling, with consequent damage and in many cases injury and/or death....

 occurred at this station on July 30, 1938 killing 32 and injuring 70.

External links

• Aerial view.
• Photos: Balaclava main street, Balalava main street (small), Balaclava station (small), Balaclava police station.
• Opening of Balaclava railway station, Daily Gleaner, 1892-03-24 via thephangsisters.moonfruit.com.