Railcar 2221, based in the municipality of Colombia, is expanding its route to connect with the town of Guamo, in Granma province. This temporary measure responds to the interruption of national service on the Havana-Bayamo-Manzanillo route, affected by severe railway damage following Hurricane Melissa.

“Colombia”, Las Tunas.– The new service will operate on Wednesdays and Fridays, departing from this southern Las Tunas municipality at 5:00 a.m. and returning from the Granma destination at 2:00 p.m., Radio Victoria reported. Railcar 2221 maintains its regular weekday service on its established days.

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On Tuesdays and Saturdays, the railcar departs from Colombia at 4:00 a.m. bound for Camagüey. Later, it departs from there at 9:00 a.m. for Las Tunas, and completes its return route departing from that city at 2:00 p.m., heading back to Colombia.

Thursdays are dedicated to the route to Jobabo. The service begins at 3:50 a.m. from Colombia bound for Jobabo; it continues to Camagüey at 4:50 a.m., returns to Jobabo at 10:00 a.m., and concludes the circuit with the trip to Colombia at 1:25 p.m.

This service extension guarantees the continuity of rail transport for travelers in eastern provinces. The new schedules to Guamo will remain in effect until national service on the affected line is fully restored.

(With information by Raudel Rodríguez Aguilar).