As of today and until Sunday the service will be suspended of passengers in the elevated section of line one of the Metro to Santo Domingo Norte, With a view to making technical adjustments for the commissioning of trains with six wagons in the hours of greater passenger flow.
The announcement has caused concern in users of the rail system, because they plan to reach disorders to reach their destinations, despite the fact that the Office for Transportation Reorganization (OPRET) reported that buses of the Metropolitan Bus Office (OMSA) will be available.
Some users such as Andrés Cleto, showed concern about the difficulties he foresees for thousands of passengers looking for early seats to reach their jobs, studies, clinics, hospitals and other proceedings.
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Meanwhile, Andrea Muñoz, who lives on Jacobo Majluta Avenue, considered that there would be a “pandemonium” to leave Santo Domingo Norte, because there will be more vehicles in the streets, therefore, more caps.
Instead, Johana Pimentel believes that he could produce serious problems out of that municipality, because OMSA buses would not be supplied for the thousands of passengers who daily address the subway.
The OPRET reported that from August the new trains of six wagons will enter into operation in lines 1 and 2 of the Santo Domingo Metro, but that some settings must be made before.
The director of the OPRET, Rafael Santos Pérez, said that this important milestone marks the culmination of an ambitious capacity expansion process, which will allow offering a more agile, spacious and comfortable service to the hundreds of thousands of passengers who use the subway every day.
This incorporation represents the duplication of the number of wagons per train, -haw from three to six.
