East–West Corridor
The East–West Corridor is the built-up area of north Trinidad stretching from the capital, Port of Spain, 24 kilometres (15 mi) east to Arima.
The East–West Corridor is the built-up area of north Trinidad stretching from the capital, Port of Spain, 24 kilometres (15 mi) east to Arima. The term was coined by economist and political philosopher Lloyd Best, after gleaning the works of a technocrat named Lynette Attwell. The Corridor includes such towns as Laventille, Morvant, Barataria, San Juan, St. Joseph, Champs Fleurs, Curepe, St. Augustine, Valsayn, Tunapuna, Macoya, Trincity, Tacarigua, Arouca, D'Abadie, and El Dorado. For the most part it runs along the Eastern Main Road, between the Churchill–Roosevelt Highway and the foothills of the Northern Range. It is a densely populated and fairly congested strip of development along some of the best agricultural soils in the country.
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Worth seeing in and around East–West Corridor
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Marvin Lee Stadium
Marvin Lee Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago which is housed together with the Dr. João Havelange Centre of Excellence.
1 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Jinnah Memorial Mosque
The Jinnah Memorial Mosque is a mosque in Saint Joseph, Tunapuna–Piarco Region, Trinidad and Tobago.
2.3 km · mosque in Saint Joseph, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago · Wikipedia - 03Old Cathedral of St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago
The St. Joseph R.C. Church is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located on the street Abercromby of the town of St.
2.4 km · church in Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago · Wikipedia - 04Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground
The Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground is a cricket stadium in Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. The stadium is named after Frank Worrell, a West Indies cricketer.
900 m · cricket stadium in Trinidad and Tobago · Wikipedia - 05University of the West Indies at St. Augustine
The University of the West Indies at St. Augustine is a public research university in St.
700 m · public research university in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago · Wikipedia - 06Alma Jordan Library
The Alma Jordan Library at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, was named after UWI librarian Alma Jordan in 2010 or 2011. The four-storied library is located on the St.
800 m · library · Wikipedia - 07Mount Saint Benedict
Mount Saint Benedict Abbey, also known as The Abbey of Our Lady of Exile, is a Benedictine monastery following the Order of Saint Benedict. This monastery is located in the northwestern town of St.
2.1 km · Benedictine monastery in Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago · Wikipedia
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Getting to East–West Corridor
- Airports
- Piarco (POS), 8 km · A.N.R. Robinson (TAB), 83 km · Maurice Bishop (GND), 157 km
- Scarborough → East–West CorridorTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Saint George's → East–West CorridorTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Barcelona → East–West CorridorTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
No local-transport research exists yet for East–West Corridor
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for East–West Corridor. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhen the coach is not running and you aren't carrying massive luggage, you can take a local taxi with a licence plate starting with H at the taxi rank (100 metres to the right of the arrival hall exit) towards what's called "The Junction" and, there, hail a frequently running red-white minivan (Maxi Taxi), which also will drop you off at City Gate (South Quay bus terminal).
- Get inThe taxi is TT$5, although you'll have to wait for the vehicle to fill up with 4 passengers (which does not take long), and the minivan is US$7 — altogether considerably cheaper than the US$30 for the authorized airport taxi.
- Get inThere is a Wednesday ferry from Venezuela.
- Get inFrom Scarborough, Tobago there are hydrofoils that take 2½ hours and conventional ferries that take 5½ hours to Port of Spain.
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Next door to East–West Corridor
- Tunapunatown in Trinidad and Tobago1.7 km
- Saint Josephtown in Trinidad und Tobago2.6 km
- Saint Augustinetown in Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago900 m
- Tacarigua (Trinidad and Tobago)town in Trinidad and Tobago3.2 km
- Macoyacommunity in Trinidad and Tobago1 km
- Curepetown in Trinidad and Tobago, Tunapuna–Piarco1.4 km