The Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex) and the authorities of the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) announced that for funding for the possible launch of the train they will evaluate "... the option of a public-private partnership to execute the work. Guillermo Santana at Incofer said "... 'We have every intention of promoting agreements and developing a more competitive freight train for the region.'"

Alexander Mora, chief of Comex, added "... there have also been conversations with at least 5 companies in the Pacific and the Costa Rican Port Authority - the Port of Caldera administrator in order to analyze the feasibility of implementing the train and find out what the actual demand for the service would be. "

Mora added that "... 'They are companies that require significant movement of cargo to Caldera and they have told us that they are really interested in the plan.' "

Source: Ameliarueda.com

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