Train Travel
Train Travel
An earthquake in 1991 wreaked havoc on the country's century-old rail links, and service was completely suspended in 1995. An east-west commuter-rail route now plies San José, and another route connects the capital with Heredia, but these are geared to the needs of workaday commuters.
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