Intercity Rome-Locride cancelled, «Situation no longer acceptable»

John

By John

The suspension of the direct train to Rome and the announcement of a new phase of works with possible closures of the Limina Tunnel bring the issue of Locride’s infrastructural isolation back to the center of the debate.
The civic movement LocRinasce is denouncing a situation defined as “no longer acceptable” through Giuseppe “Pepé” Lombardo, former mayor of Locri and former parliamentarian, who draws the attention of regional and national institutions to the daily difficulties experienced by approximately 140 thousand citizens.
In the movement’s sights is first of all the decision to interrupt the direct railway connection between the Ionian belt and Rome, activated during the summer on an experimental basis. A service which, according to LocRinasce, had demonstrated the existence of a concrete demand from workers, university students, commuters and citizens forced to travel for health reasons.
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