TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train promoting Central American nations including Nicaragua was taken out of service Friday (Dec. 10) after the country switched recognition to China.

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced the unexpected move Thursday (Dec. 9), leaving Taiwan with 14 formal diplomatic allies and eliciting expressions of concern and condemnation.

An MRT train plying the Tamsui-Xinyi Line and decorated with colorful ads for several Central American countries was withdrawn from service around noon Friday, the Liberty Times reported.

One of the train cars featured the image of a Nicaraguan volcano crater on the floor, mountains and a lake on the walls, and the cathedral of Granada on the ceiling. The train also featured images representing Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize.

The train was supposed to have operated until Dec. 25, but it is now up to the advertising company and the advertiser to decide what should happen, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said, according to the report.

The Central America Trade Office’s Facebook page shows the ambassador of Nicaragua, Mirna Mariela Rivera Andino, standing inside the train car. She graduated from the Department of International Business at Taipei City’s Ming Chuan University in 2018.