{"id":204368,"date":"2019-08-17T12:28:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T16:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=204368"},"modified":"2019-08-17T12:28:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T16:28:28","slug":"new-cars-for-the-havana-pinar-del-rio-railroad-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/new-cars-for-the-havana-pinar-del-rio-railroad-route\/","title":{"rendered":"“New cars” for the Havana-Pinar del R\u00edo railroad route"},"content":{"rendered":"

The railroad route between Havana and <\/span>Pinar del R\u00edo<\/span><\/a> (west of the Cuban capital) will resume its functions on September 10 as part of the government program to revitalize this means of transportation on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

The restart of the trips will coincide with the 152nd anniversary of Pinar del R\u00edo being granted the title of city. They will have capacity for more than 300 passengers and an inter-daily frequency departing from the city of Pinar del R\u00edo at 9:00 am and returning the next day from the capital.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the revival of this service, which has long suffered problems with its equipment park, used and non-new cars will be used, such as those that <\/span>recently started operating<\/span><\/a> to the east of the country with cars bought from China, the Cuban News Agency<\/em> (ACN) <\/em><\/span>confirmed<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cars\u2015which were previously circulating on national trains\u2015are currently undergoing “a process of remodeling and comfort,” according to railroad authorities in western Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to ACN<\/em>, freight cars adapted with bus seats are currently making this route, a service well below the necessary quality standards. The cars that will replace them are Mexican, “far superior to the existing ones, as they are equipped with reclining seats and windows, until the country is in a position to acquire a new model for the route to the west of the island,” said the news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

The agency quotes statements from Antonio Alberto Miranda, deputy director of the Western Railroad Enterprise, to the Radio Guam\u00e1 station, in which he says that “the improvements include the rail tracks,” although he “ruled out the possibility of intensive maintenance right now.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Also previewed is the reopening of the Pinar del R\u00edo railroad station, after a remodeling process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuban railroad\u2019s slow journey<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n