He said the company had not counted on problems as big as those experienced, for example, when the train simply stopped in the middle of nowhere, blocking traffic on the line.
Grigulis said that “Pasazieru Vilciens” drivers have become engineers in recent years who have been able to “revive the train in the middle of the forest” because there were “virtually only chunks of metal.” The new Škoda trains are much more technologically advanced and require relevant knowledge.
That's why the company has requested that a Škoda engineer be aboard the train on the first trip to make sure hours-long delays don't occur again.
