Not driving but sleeping
The government decides it is time to shake things up
EVER since a Buenos Aires commuter train slammed into a station wall in February 2012, killing 51 people and injuring more than 700, the Argentine government has scrambled to improve the city’s railway system. It replaced the transport minister, stripped Trenes Buenos Aires (TBA), the operator of the crashed train, of its concessions and promised passengers it would bring in shiny new trains from China, some of which have already arrived.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Not driving but sleeping”
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