European Donation For Trains
The European Union is willing to donate 400,000 euros in order to expand the train service in the Metropolitan Area. The Costa Rican Board of Railways (INCOFER in Spanish) has to make a similar amount available to the same end.

This donation is in addition to one for some 600,000 euros destined to extend the electric train service to Heredia.

INCOFER chief executive Miguel Carabaguiaz said that there are several options to obtain the maximum benefit from the European donation, including the expansion of the current train service –which currently links Pavas, to the west of the capital city, with the University of Costa Rica, in San Pedro de Montes de Oca, to the east of San José – to the city of Cartago, to Curridabat, or to San Antonio de Belen.