Anti-Chavistas demand recovery of the train fleet of the Caracas Metro

opponents Venezuelans demanded on Monday the Government of Nicolas Maduro concentrate the efforts devoted to the restoration of the Metro de Caracasthe capital’s underground transport system, in the recovery of the train and rail fleet of this mechanism that celebrates 40 years of inauguration.

The anti-Chavista leaders Roberto Patino, Andrew Schloeter Y Gabriel Santana offered a press conference on the anniversary of the subway system in which they highlighted that 70% of the trains are paralyzed, and 30% in use present “different failures”.

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”The metro is the vein, it is the blood of Caracas, but for it to be truly inclusive, investment is necessary, to recover the metro culture and to recognize that the only way to take action is to demand and participate”, Patiño said, quoted in a statement.

The group referred to the plan of “comprehensive recovery” of the Caracas Metro for which President Nicolás Maduro approved, last September, 150 million dollars, and assured that “to four months” of this rehabilitation project “complaints of electrical failures, delays and insecurity persist”.

”We have no problem recognizing that painting and cleaning work is being carried out, but for a recovery of the metro and truly inclusive transport, a billion-dollar investment is neededadded Patino.

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In this regard, the representative of Metrocomunidad Jhonny León, who accompanied the opponents, assured that “the reconstruction of the subway goes through the recovery of the train fleet”, made up of 126 devices and of the “56 kilometers in length and more than 225 rail lines, in addition to the recovery of the electrification system that works at 40%”, always according to the note.

According to the Government, the Caracas Metro is 70 kilometers long and has 51 stations in which more than 2.8 million users move daily.

Source: Elcomercio

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