Five stations on Line 2 of the Metro remain inoperative this Tuesday, following a train suffered a derailment early in the morning while it was parked. At the moment there is no service replacement time.
The Line 2 of the Santiago Metro began its service on Tuesday partial formfollowing an incident with a train between the Einstein Stations and Cemeteries. It is unknown when service will be restored.
As confirmed by Metro, everything happened when a car was performing a night parking maneuver at low speed, at which time it derailed.
In this way, there is only service between La Cisterna and Cerro Blanco. Thus, no trains pass through Cemeteries, Einstein, Dorsal, Zapadores and Vespucio Norte.
05:40 a.m. Due to an incident with a train during the night parking maneuver, the # L2 service will start operating between La Cisterna station and Cerro Blanco. We will keep reporting. #AlertMetro
— Santiago Metro – #NewTravel (@metrodesantiago) August 16, 2022
This generated problems in the middle of the morning rush hour for those who circulate from the north of the capital to the central and southern areas of Santiago. For this reason, the service of Transantiago to remedy this problem.
This has not prevented the bus stops in the northern part of the capital are full of people waiting to board a bus.
Some people even got on the rear of trucks to be able to move around the capital.
Replacement is not yet defined
The largest of the Carabineros, María Irene Campos, pointed out that they have also used mobile checkpoints to transport various people.
He added that only at noon would it be known How long will it take to restore service?
Finally, Paulina del Campo, manager of clients and sustainability of the Metro, confirmed that the service will not be restored during the morning and that only when the train moves can a replacement time be established.
This would be in the followingnoonso he called on users to stay informed regarding the situation.