Furious rail commuters in Argentina set fire to a train on Thursday in anger over delays during the morning rush hour.

Television images showed black smoke and flames engulfing the train at the station of Merlo, in the western suburbs of the capital, Buenos Aires. At nearby Castelar, passengers hurled stones at the ticket office and blocked the rails.

"We understand that people get angry when the service is delayed or canceled, but they absolutely can't attack a public service in this way," Gustavo Gago, a spokesman for rail company TBA, told local television.

Many passengers said the delays, caused by a broken down train, had cost them a day's work.

Argentina's dilapidated rail services are plagued by delays and travelers' anger sometimes erupts into violence.

Last year, commuters torched a carriage at a station south of the capital and rioting broke out at a main railway station when passengers clashed with police, causing dozens of injuries and arrests.

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If ppl are not being heard, the board would not respond, ppl would just burn things to be heard!...I say its the transit boards snafu when it comes down to that situation but sad, in todays world, no 1 is bother to listening to anybody

Yeah that makes sense. the train is slow so lets burn it and have no train at all. That should really speed up the trip don't you think?

Maybe we should take a clue from them and start setting fire to everything going wrong here in the US?

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This is really awful, the railway ministry must be responsible in its duty and should make the passengers angry.

mano... this happened six months ago...
it is kind of late to be all upset over this
I think even people in Argentina have moved on

People can only take so much and then it will hit the fan. i understand how they feel though I have nor would I go to that extreme. Or atleast I don't think I would.