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    jasman
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    Hi, everybody.

    I just got my December 23 issue of Tico Times, and two stories really interested me. One is, that they are going to issue bonds this year for a major roads project, not just to put band-aids on pot-holes, but to really do some serious repairs. Get this, the idea of selling bonds and re-paying the bonds from future road dept. budgets was described as ‘new and creative’ financing! 🙂

    The second thing is, they are going to renew RAIL service between San Jose and Heredia! How cool is that!

    #174251
    Andrew
    Keymaster

    The railway line from Pavas to the east side of San José is already back in action, running – it’s very cheap and fairly popular.

    The Heredia line is simply a matter of cleaning up the lines that are already there…

    Scott

    #174252
    jasman
    Member

    Scott,

    I’m excited about it because I have chosen Heredia as my initial “base of operations” for exploring Costa Rica. Having the opportunity to get to the Capital on a train seems like a lot more fun than a bus or a taxi. And, what would the approximate fare be?

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    Andrew
    Keymaster

    The fare for the Pavas – San Jose train is only 300 colones (.60 cents) but I don’t think they have announced the fare for the Heredia to San Jose train yet.

    Can’t imagine that it will be much more than that though … They are projecting that some 90,000 people per day will use the Heredia – San Jose train.

    The second phase in 2007 will supposedly electrify the Heredia trains

    Scott

    #174254
    terrycook
    Member

    Scott, did you say 90,000 people per day??? sounds like alot.
    terry from texas

    #174255
    jasman
    Member

    Yeah, that sounds totally ridiculous! The population of Heredia is around 35,000. How the H**L are 90,000 people going to go between Heredia and San José? No way!

    #174256
    Andrew
    Keymaster

    I’m not sure if your numbers are accurate either but I’m actually quoting form the newspaper reports in Costa Rica’s biggest and best newspaper – La Nacion

    Scott

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