Local citizens block rail to protest PKP reduction of service through Tuplice

Several dozen Tuplice citizens in Lubuskie voivodship blocked the railway on Monday morning to protest the elimination of train service with nearby Zary. "It is an act of despair," Jan Pacholski and Czeslaw Bieniek from Tuplice told Rzeczpospolita. "The students have to take a bus to school which costs them more money and time," they said. After the Polish State Railways (PKP) representatives decided to negotiate with the protesters the blockade was suspended until next Monday. During that period PKP will consider the possibility of modifying the timetable in favor of Tuplice. (Rzeczpospolita, page A5) A.Z.