Interurbano Line ( Spanish : Tren Interurbano ), is a commuter railway line in Costa Rica , operated by the national public railway operator Incofer . The line connects the provinces of Alajuela , Heredia , San José and Cartago .
9-602: Tren Interurbano may refer to: Interurbano Line (Costa Rica) Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tren Interurbano . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tren_Interurbano&oldid=1034001901 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
18-491: A "Stage Zero" which means to start with new more efficient diesel powered rolling stock. These eight new units were ordered from the Chinese company CRRC Qingdao Sifang ; they will have more space and the seats are arranged along the walls of the units, a first in the country. With the new units it will be possible to extend and provide the service to Paraíso , Cartago and San Rafael , Alajuela. A projected start date for
27-434: A bidirectional electric railway line is set for around the year 2025, with bidding offers starting in 2022. The line is operated at street level, which makes it difficult to achieve an optimum speed due to frequent encounters with busy streets, at average the speed is at about 20 km/h (12 mph). From its reopening the train crossings at street level didn't have barriers, bells or any other security measure; despite
36-440: A lot of honking accidents between the train and cars are common, as well as accidents with pedestrians, in 2018 security measures were installed at 45 crossings, with plans to grow to 136, but vandalism and accidents against the barriers are common. Street running trains are common in several places; the track(s), As well as some stations lay directly in/on (the middle of) the narrow streets. There are three services running on
45-487: A mere 2 kilometer apart, which are connected by rail. Between 1993 and 1995 a brief passenger service made use of the tracks, but it was not enough to keep Incofer working, as the institution have been running in a deficit for a long time, for which it was technically closed in 1995. Incofer then recreated the Interurbano as a commuter single line making use of this available infrastructure. The initial train line
54-606: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Interurbano Line (Costa Rica) Costa Rica had two main lines for freight and passenger transportation, the Pacific line (between San José and Puntarenas) and the Atlantic line (between Alajuela, through Heredia and San José to Limón), both of which converge in the San José canton, with the eponymous terminus station of each line
63-579: The Interurbano line, all of them use the same rolling stock interchangeably, and the range of a service might include part of another. There is no express services, all stops are served. Making use of the old railroad line to the Atlantic, the line finished in Los Ángeles neighborhood of Cartago as of October 2019, but by May 2023 was extended to Oreamuno, with plans to continue towards Paraíso. Shaded stops are only served at rush hour. Railway tracks clearing and recovery, as well as new bridges and infrastructure
72-482: The whole passenger line with an electric railroad, including elevated segments to improve the vehicular road flow, with forty-six stations (five would be elevated, the remaining thirty-seven at ground level), and service every three to five minutes, under the Sistema de Transporte Rápido de Personas (Fast Passenger Transportation System) project. New plans to electrify the passenger lines are in place, beginning with
81-557: Was between Pavas and Montes de Oca, in 2005. In 2008 the announcement of extending the line to Heredia started works on cleaning up the old line, trial runs were executed with derails being common, the initial service of the current rebooted Interurbano was between the Atlántico station and Heredia station , which started on 2009. New rolling stock from Spain, the Apolo 2400 units, were imported in 2009. There are plans to reconstruct
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