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Posted 23 May 2015 - 07:39 PM

Mashable, 5/23:
 

Cuba's railroad

The slowest, cheapest and least reliable way to cross the country

 

HAVANA, Cuba — The National Railway Company of Cuba, Ferrocarriles de Cuba, is the sixth oldest railroad in the world, having opened its first 17-mile long route in 1837. Now the railway covers more than 2,600 miles, stretching from Havana in the west to Santiago de Cuba on the eastern coast.

 

It has a reputation for being the cheapest — but also the slowest — way to travel from one side of the country to the other.

 

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