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August 19, 2002



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Water and food service cut in Havana-Sancti Spíritus trains

CABAÑAS, August 15 (Moisés Rodríguez Valdés, Grupo Decoro / www.cubanet.org) - Passengers in the eight-hour train ride between Havana and Sancti Spíritus have had to make do without food or water service for the last six months, said Blas Giraldo Reyes, a frequent traveler.

The service was discontinued at the same time the frequency of service on the line was reduced to alternate days.

Reyes also said that occasionally the train is commandeered to transport military personnel, students, or just people that are being taken to a political rally by the government.

"People then have to wait for the next train, or find other means of traveling, which is unlikely these days," said Reyes.


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