The railway company’s decision came into effect in early February, after the girl, accompanied by her Grandma, had had to travel by a late 19.10 train from school to her home station, Poyakonda, in Russia’s Murmask region, since December 1. At that time a technical stop at their station was taken off the timetable.
The railway noted that as the girl arrived too late back home, she didn’t have enough time to relax and get her homework done before taking an early morning train to school the following day.
The move came after Karina’s mother, who works for Moscow State University-based biological station on the White Sea coast, 15 kilometers from Poyakonda rural area, asked the regional authorities to sort out the issue.
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