Jornal das Caldas – New timetables in the West Line "will push users for road transport"

"The schedules of the West Line trains that the CP is preparing to implement from August 5 and to which the government, through the Ministry of Planning and Infrastructures, given an endorsement, will make a decisive contribution to the fact that the number of passengers in this rail axis decreases considerably, as they are only for "tourist to see" and perhaps use, if it does not. There are no deletions due to the lack of Western compositions.

18-07-2018 |

"After a first attempt last June, immediately repudiated by this commission and the users, the government and the CP insist to withdraw the passengers of the West Line, with these new schedules, with a version very similar to the previous one, in which the interregional trains between Caldas da Rainha and Coimbra are totally removed, in which the connections to the north of Caldas da Rainha are particularly affected, in one and the other direction, for those who need the train to go to work or study and in which the first two morning trains in Lisbon will have an interval of nearly six hours, "he says .Diesel and the use of these, shortening the route made, since towards north, will only go to Amieira station, where passengers will have to tranship to another train, to Coimbra or to Cal and the time spent traveling will increase by more than a dozen minutes, in addition harassment of another transshipment.
On the other hand, "the schedule changes that the CP wants to impose will not prevent the deletion as there will continue to be a shortage of rolling stock to compensate for breakdowns and the maintenance. "" The government and the CP, instead of taking immediate steps to replace the missing rolling stock, ensure the viability of the line, with strong passenger demand, "solve" the problem by removing users who will be forced to find alternatives
The Commission for the Defense of the Western Line believes that the new lists "do not serve the users and will push many users for the collective transport of passengers by road".
Faced with this situation, calls for the reinforcement of the mobilization of the users and all those who defend the West Line, for the participation in the concentration that will take place on March 26 at 11am, next to the Ministry of Planning and Infrastructures , in Lisbon.

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