City Gate (Port of Spain) nation. City Gate (Port of Spain) City Gate is the main terminal for the buses and maxi taxis in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the former Trinidad Government Railway terminal on South Quay. It was slated to serve as the terminal for the proposed rapid rail system. The City Gate terminal is a historical landmark. It was responsible for connecting Port of Spain to the rest of the island via railway. The building itself displays authentic European architecture. Today, it serves as a bus terminal and is a major destination for commuters from all over
Downtown Port of Spain A.A. Cipriani, the early 20th-century populist politician and mayor of the city. South of the square, Frederick Street widens and becomes Broadway, which terminates at the waterfront and the Port of Spain lighthouse, no longer used as a navigational aid but considered a major landmark. (For Trinidadians born and bred in Port of Spain or its northern and north-western suburbs, "past the lighthouse"—east of the lighthouse on the Beetham Highway—means outside the city proper.) On the southern side of Independence Square are the twin towers of the Eric Williams Financial Complex (home of the Central Bank and the Ministry of