Arequipa, Peru – the transport crisis in Cuba continues to be one of the main concerns of citizens on the island. A problem that continues to expose their but face through data and statements of the officials of that sector.
“In 2019 we had 464 bus operating, not counting those that were paralyz .
In shared statements Through Facebook By the Cuban transport minister, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, the manager updated that at the end of 2024 on the island there were only 239 bus, of which the national program uses 225, generating “a very tense situation”.
The above could be translated that in the last six years the availability of buses in Cuba has been reduced almost halfway, which, in Carbajal’s words, adds to other “organizational and disciplines of workers” difficulties.
“Sometimes the transfers are delayed because we have to wait for those who drill to use that same bus and cover other routes,” added the official.
For his part, René González Molina, general director of the Cuba Railway Union, also He identified obstacles that faces its bouquet within transport.
“More than two years ago we do not receive financing in foreign exchange and most of the elements of the railroad need imports (…) the low availability of locomotives, especially those of Alto Porte, is what has prevented stabilizing the service. In addition, we have not counted in the necessary fuel, ”he explained.
Currently, the island has 16 or 17 locomotives and of them are working just over half, between nine or ten. “This is very difficult to keep national trains. Many times we have had to affect the transportation of containers to prioritize national passenger trains, ”González Molina justified.
At the national level, last 2024 has been one of the worst years for transport, to the point of leading to paralyze urban routes due to lack of fuel or other factors in several provinces such as Pinar del Río and the Island of Youth.
At the beginning of this month, the Minister of Transport In Cuba, he acknowledged that 2024 was a year where “some” of the indicators of the transport sector were breached and the objectives set for the year that just concluded were not achieved.
“The reality is that a year ends when some of the indicators of the different types of transportation in the country are breached, ”wrote the official on Facebook, in a Mea guilt where admitted that the crisis persists in the sector.
