Shame Circum: Tourists left stranded on tracks near Pompeii

“Nothing new,” she begins, given that “breakdowns, delays, cancellations are the order of the day for those who travel on the Circumvesuviana.” Ilaria is one of the travelers who was on board the train today that on the Sorrento-Naples section of the Circumvesuviana line near Pompei experienced a breakdown. And so she, along with other people, “walked for about a kilometer and while we were walking to reach Pompei, a train also passed us by, which fortunately was going very slowly.” “It was about 14.15:14 p.m., we were about to reach the Pompeii station when the driver announced that due to a technical fault the journey would be temporarily suspended,” she says. “After a quarter of an hour, most people got off the train to understand what was happening, also because it was too hot to stay inside. Around 40:XNUMX pm many people set off on foot since the driver didn't know what to do, he didn't tell us that we couldn't continue on foot or anything else. The walk begins here". "We walked about a kilometre and something, and another train also passed us by, which fortunately was going very slowly - he adds - I think it was a trailer for the broken-down train, at least I hope so for those who remained on board". "We feel indignant at the humiliating situation that commuters and tourists experienced, forced to leave a broken-down train on the Sorrento-Naples route near Pompeii. Even more disheartening is the photograph of people forced to walk on the tracks to reach the other station while waiting for a subsequent train". The report of the episode comes from Abbac, the association of Bed and Breakfasts, in Naples. The episode happened this morning. The president of Eav, the regional transport holding company that controls the Circumvesuviana, Umberto De Gregorio, confirms that a train stopped for a quarter of an hour due to a breakdown, but stresses that he has no news of people walking onto the tracks. “The world looks at us through the incredulous eyes of foreign travellers who, although fascinated by our immeasurable beauty, remain disheartened by the structural shortcomings of our transport systems,” say B&B operators. Last June, due to a breakdown along the Naples-Sorrento line, passengers on a Circumvesuviana train also walked a stretch of tunnel, in the dark, to reach the next station.