Tens of thousands of devotees, spectators and tourists attended the 367th edition of the Feast of Sant'Efisio in Cagliari yesterday . Record numbers, after years in a low key due to Covid.

But arriving in the capital by train was an odyssey , especially for those who had to cross all of Sardinia to participate in the ritual.

As a passenger, Maria Vittoria Dettoto recounts: «I echo the complaints of the many travelers who yesterday morning, like me, decided to take the train to go to Cagliari to pay homage to Sant'Efisio. The train that left Chilivani at 7.50 was already quite full right from the start, but we still found seats ».

Once in Oristano " the seats were completely sold out and dozens of people were already traveling on their feet . The situation became increasingly problematic and nervous when, in the subsequent stops towards Cagliari, with the train now beyond the limits of the maximum capacity, crammed like animals and almost unable to breathe, so much so that the conductor present herself ordered the opening of the windows on the means of transport , dozens and dozens of passengers had to remain on foot because there was no longer even standing room, especially in the Elmas airport station, but also in the previous stations where the luckiest managed to get inside replacement buses to Cagliari».

How is it possible, Dettoto asks, "that people in 2023 pay a ticket to travel in these conditions or worse, not being able to travel as there is no more room, since the feast of Sant'Efisio is an event that everyone knows perfectly it attracts thousands of people and it would have been enough to get organized in time to put on a few more trains than before or warn travelers in time, through the voice guide of the railway stations, that the train that was arriving was already full so that they could organize themselves alternatively. Is that too much to ask?"

(Unioneonline/D)

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