Report: The Heredia-San Jose Train

I took the train into the office today, and it was wonderful. From the station in downtown Heredia to the Estacion al Atlantico in San Jose, the 25 minutes of ride were clean, comfortable, air conditioned and stress-free. This last point is key. I normally drive into the office, and fighting traffic/potholes/stray dogs/weather always makes for a white-knuckle ride. But for just 350 colones you can avoid all the drama of the street. Trains leave from Heredia every half hour, between 6am and 9am. Return trains from San Jose start at 4pm and run through 7pm, again departing every half hour.

This is quite the fortuitous discovery for me. Now, I can lazily read the newspaper and arrive downtown fresh as a spring morning, happy to participate in the tangle of public transportation.

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