Costa Rican have inaugurated the Heredia – San Jose train today. The regular service is commencing Monday.
This is the third or fourth announcement of a possible start of service. The first said service would begin in December. Read more »
Construction at the National Museum of Cost Rica has turned into an archaeological dig because workers have uncovered tunnels and a small room, that no one knew about. The tiny room wasn’t on the available plans.
The museum is located inside the former Bellavista fortress, that was constructed in 1918. Read more »
The director of the Imprenta Nacional (National Printer), Nelson Loaiza, confirmed that the decree to reinstate the vehicular restrictions of San Jose will be published today, Monday, July 20, and as such will go into effect beginning at 6 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, July 21.
The minister of MOPT, said last week that the vehicular restrictions will begin this week, possibly Tuesday and that the Policia de Tránsito is all set to uphold the restrictions.
It must be some sort of a legal record for the slow-paced Costa Rica. The previous restriction was thrown away by the court on June 12. Read more »
The Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) announced the road closures to complete work on the new route between La Sabana, the Hatillos and Escazu starting on Monday. The closure will begin south of the La Sabana park (Calle Morenos) to complete the road that will connect to Bello Horizonte de Escazu.
According to MOPT minister, the road work will be finished by August and it should ease the traffic on the entrance to Escazu. The minister also added that unfortunately not much can be done to avoid congestion during the construction.
The train has been carrying passengers since Monday, but it appears that the officials are trying to keep it a secret. The Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles has not announced the start of service, although there has been traffic each day.
Passengers can purchase a 350-colon (60 cents) ticket at several train stations. The passenger cars are air conditioned, have a television showing ads and the seats are quite comfortable. Those are the cars that were recently purchased from the Spanish company.
In July of 2008, 2 decrees told that motorists could not enter the greater San Jose area one day a week, depending on their license plate number.
The first decree covered peak traffic hours only in the morning and evening. A later decree restricted the hours from 6 am to 7 pm.
The court made its decision on the fact that the executive branch has established sanctions for violating the decree, an area reserved for the Asamblea Legislativa, and that the decree restricted a fundamental liberty of free transit. The court also mentioned that the decree incorrectly enhanced the power of the Transit Police.
Though the court rejected the decree as of Friday it clearly said that there would be absolutely no refunds on tickets issued up to that date.
Yesterday the president of Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) Miguel Carabaguíaz confirmed that Spanish technicians had completed their adjustments to the 4 Apolo trains, so the train can start running in as little as 2 weeks.
The train will cost 350 colones (60 cents) one way. The first train will be leaving the Heredia station at 6 am and running every 15 minutes until 7:45 am. Service will then resume at 4 pm and run until 6:45 pm with the same interval between trains.
The train from San Jose to Heredia will run from 6:30 am to 7:15 am and from 4:30 pm to 6:15 pm.
Note that the train will not be running during weekends.
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August 8, 2009 8:59 pm
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