1 / 7Cuba's Chinese-made first new train passenger cars move after departing from La Coubre train station in HavanaBy Mario Fuentes and Sarah Marsh
Trains have for years been one of the cheapest but also least efficient ways to travel long distances on the Caribbean's largest island, typically taking 24 hours to cross the nearly 900 km from Havana in the west to Santiago in the east - twice as long as by car. In May it received 80 Chinese-made, gleaming blue rail cars, including those that set off eastwards from Havana on Saturday, and expects to receive 80 more next year, according to state-run website Cubadebate.
"Cuba has not received new rail-cars since the 1970s," Transport Minister Eduardo Rodriguez was quoted as saying by Cubadebate last month."We had only received second hand cars."
Cuba isn't big enough to need railways? The train would be at it's destination before it could get wound up to speed
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