Passengers set fire to trains in Argentina

Argentina's dilapidated rail services are plagued by delays and travelers' anger has erupted into violence in previous incidents

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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Morning rush hour in Buenos Aires, Argentina turned violent.

Furious commuters set fire to a train---after a break down caused yet another delay

Argentina's rail services are plagued by delays, and passengers said this latest incident had cost them a day's work.

At the Castelar station in the capital's western suburbs, passengers looked on as smoke and flames rose out of the carriages of their blue and white train----the rail service's newest train

Crowds blocked rail tracks,smashed windows and threw stones at the burning train

Some even tried to overturn a ticket machine.

The Argentina government later blamed the violence on leftist activists, but a city official admitted the slow train services had led to the morning's clashes

Police arrested seven people on theft charges during the incidents.

The charred train---was the latest addition to the commuter service.

Officials said the fire caused nearly $8 million in damages.