{"id":205951,"date":"2019-09-14T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T19:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=205951"},"modified":"2019-09-14T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T19:55:16","slug":"cuba-reorganizes-transportation-in-face-of-energy-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-reorganizes-transportation-in-face-of-energy-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba “reorganizes” transportation in face of energy crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cuban government announced the “organizational measures” taken to “mitigate the effects” on transportation as a result of the <\/span>energy crisis<\/span><\/a> the island is currently experiencing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the low availability of diesel, a situation that the government has said is “temporary,” it was “necessary” to develop “a set of priorities in public transportation services,” according to First Deputy Minister of Transportation Marta Oramas, <\/span>cited<\/span><\/a> by the official daily Granma<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oramas said that “there will be no affectations” in air services, which usually suffer from instability on the Island, although she acknowledged that “work is being done so that there are no difficulties in the specialized equipment used in the sustainability of the operations of the Cuban airports.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It was also reported that in the case of canceled flights, their passengers will not be able to travel by bus\u2015as was the case until now\u2015as long as the current situation exists.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the case of the railway, the train between Havana and Sancti Sp\u00edritus was temporarily suspended, as well as those traveling between Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba, and between Camag\u00fcey and Bayamo, while the Havana-Pinar del R\u00edo train will only have two departures a week.<\/span><\/p>\n

D\u00edaz-Canel: \u201cCuba no est\u00e1 paralizada\u201d pese a \u201csituaci\u00f3n energ\u00e9tica\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n