After the fatal and shocking train collision in Saint Bernarddoubts arose about the safety of the railway transport and some even took it to the political level. From EFE and Fepase They gave a categorical response.
At a press point offered by David Fernández, general manager of Fepasathe company that owned the damaged loading machine, a journalist asked him: “There are already political voices that say that trains cannot be trusted…”.
The representative responded that an accident of this severity had not been witnessed in decades and that this mode of transportation is still safer.
“Look, the last big accident that we remember was in 1980, 44 years ago.. If one makes a comparison, and this is a Carabineros source, Road accidents are 44 times more than railway accidents”, he stated.
And he added: “What happens is that when there is a train accident it is spectacular, what you can see. But clearly the rail mode continues to offer much more security than the road mode.”.
The accident “is unprecedented”
Along the same lines as stated by the EFE general manager, Justin Siegelwhen consulted about criticism of the Government policy of “Trains to Chile”. He assured that this accident “is unprecedented” and that they will continue with his plans.
“It is unprecedented in Chilean railway operations. A collision of this magnitude has not occurred in more than 20 years or more. And without a doubt it challenges us to be able to pursue this growth project in a responsible and serious way. And we are at the minute where all these learnings and lessons have to be taken into account,” he expressed.
