A train of passengers that covered the route between Holguín and Havana was derailing this Sunday in the East of Cuba.
The incident occurred at 6:20 p.m. As reported The Railroad Union (UFC).
According to the official note, the derailment was in a locomotive wheel and no passenger suffered “accident -related damage”. Apparently, there were also no effects on the structure of cars or the locomotive itself.
The communication refers that after the incident authorities, directors of the railroads and police forces came to the place and that “a investigative commission will be responsible for clarifying the causes and conditions that gave rise to the fact as part of the established protocol.”
Finally, the train could be on track and at the time of the note we worked to “restore normal circulation in the shortest possible time.”
The UFC, who asked “apologies to passengers for the inconveniences that this fact has caused” had not yet informed in the early hours of the restoration of the trip, but commentators in the Facebook publication say that they had already continued their journey.
The accident took place less than one month after another passenger train, this between Guantanamo and Havana, a person will run over Also in the East of Cuba and cause death. On that occasion the circumstances of the event were not clarified and the train was detained for several hours until it was traveling.
Several abuses and derailments were also reported last year, according to He recently reported Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, Cuban Transport Minister, events that left important economic damage and 17 fatalities.
This, said the minister, forces the UFC to “redouble the work in the maintenance of the road, the discipline of the railway personnel and the coordination with the communities.”
