He train of passengers that covered the Holguín-La Habana route suffered a partial derailment upon arrival in the Cuban capital, although without reported people.
The derailment was suffered by the locomotive while the train entered the courtyards of the Central Station of Havana, reported The national route company, according to which “the incident mobilized the railway authorities to guarantee the safety of the 984 passengers on board.”
According to the official information, the incident occurred in an area without platform, near the elevated bridge of the station and affected four wheels of the locomotive.
The statement emphasizes that “the crew and the driver acted following the established security protocols” and all the people on board could go down without setbacks, “although they initially remained on the train by caution and, immediately, support teams were activated to serve passengers and crew.”
The derailled locomotive was “reached and transferred for review” with the use of auxiliary locomotives. The process took “just over an hour” and after the same Central Station of Havana, “normally”, according to national routes.
The precise entity that a investigative commission will analyze the technical causes of the ruling and promised to provide details in this regard in future publications.
Although less and fortunately without serious consequences, the derailment of this Saturday is the most recent of a series of rail accidents that occurred in recent times in Cuba, some of which have left victims and damage of consideration in the equipment and the roads.
The most recent of these events occurred 10 days ago In Matanzasfact that left at least three minor injured and seven derailled cars. In addition to cars damage, the accident affected about 250 meters of railroad and forced to temporarily interrupt rail traffic.
Although the authorities have not publicly deepened the reason for these facts, the reports point to damage on the ways, caused by maintenance problems and alleged acts of vandalism.
