Panama Canal Railway Company

Panama Canal Railway Company

The PCRC operational model aims to provide an efficient high-volume transshipment system between Panama’s ports at the Atlantic and Pacific. The trains use double-stack cars divided in seven groups, each group have 55 stack cars.

Trains operate continuously between the intermodal terminals at the Atlantic and Pacific with a capacity of 10 trains in each direction (North and South) every 24 hours. Each trip takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes. The loading and unloading of a train at the terminals takes about 2 hours. The schedules vary depending on port operations and demand from shippers who use Panama as a liaison to other parts of the world.

PCRC also has a passenger service between the cities of Panama and Colon for senior executives and businessmen who travel to work between these two cities, and for tourists in general. This service has a fixed schedule Monday to Friday departing from Panama City to Colon at 7:15 am and returning to Panama City from Colon 5:15 pm.