The Costa Rican Railroad Institute (Incofer) bought eight new trains, the first two of which will arrive in July 2020 and ideally be in use just five weeks later pending…
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Train crossing arms have reduced crashes with the train. It’s been a year since the first 23 safety devices at railroad crossings were installed and the collisions went from 80…
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The national railway, the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (INCOFER), awarded to China’s CRRC Qingdao Sifang the contract to supply eight two-car diesel multiple-units for use on commuter train services in…
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The Costa Rican Railway Institute (Incofer) has awarded a contract to CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., purchasing eight new trains. Each will have air conditioning and capacity for 372 passengers. They…
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Costa Rica News – A proposal has been made to build an elevated monorail metro (monorriel in Spanish) system, that surrounds the center of San José in a circuit similar to…
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Costa Rica News – The first lady, Claudia Dobles, announced that she studied the Panama subway. She also collected input from the experiences of other Latin American countries, such as Colombia,…
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Costa Rica Entertainment – Mark Baldwin’s Hierro Tropical, or Tropical Iron, is being screened in the Magaly cinema. It provides a fascinating ride through the history of the train tracks in…
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Costa Rica News – What does a country to do when spare parts for trains take up to 310 days to make their way to the country? Costa Rica is facing…