Heredia – San José Commuter Train Stopped On Its Tracks
August 26th, 2009 | by admin |Hundreds of passengers of the Heredia – San José once again were once again left on foot when the, this time, however, the problem was not due to the train tracks or the locomotives or the politics that has afflicted the project for some time, it was rather not due to a road block of the train tracks by areas residents of Santa Rosa de Santo Domingo de Heredia.
The blockage forced the cancellation of the remaining 11 runs of the train Monday evening.
The parents taking part in the protest were there to bring attention to the poor conditions of the Rubén Darío school, accusing the school principal for the physical deterioration of the school building,
“We are asking that the principal resign because since he has been here there have been problems, donations that end up in the pockets of the principal”, yelled one angry young woman for the television cameras.
The parents complain that the children attending the school cannot even wash their hands after using the bathroom, as there never is any water in the restrooms, children forced to have to used the water in the laundry tub where they also wash the plates from the school cafeteria.
For officials of the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer)- Costa Rican railway – there was no way to get the trains through the blocade, forcing the trains back to the station, leaving some 250 passengers to find another way home last night.
The protestors demanded the presence of the ministro de Educación, Leonardo Garnier, at the scene to listen to their complaints. Garnier never showed and the protested ended peacefully.
