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===The Death of the Sugar Industry===
The railway was built in 1916 by American chocolate tycoon Milton S. Hershey to transport sugarcane and workers between his vast plantations, the model company town of Hershey, and the port of Havana. Following the Cuban Revolution, the line was nationalized. When the Cuban government permanently closed the central Hershey sugar refinery (later renamed Camilo Cienfuegos) in 2002 due to a global decline in sugar markets, the railway lost its primary commercial purpose, economic anchor and financial engine, completely ending the heavy freight operations that funded the rail infrastructure, and the railway transitioned into a highly subsidized commuter-only line.