So far in 2025, the Santo Domingo Metro has registered 12 incidentsincluding six electrical faults either breakdowns on both lines, which affected thousands of users of this transportation system. transport massive.
He February 26the Office for the Reorganization of the Transport (OPRET) suspended the service between the Joaquín Balaguer and Centro de los Héroes stations due to construction work. annual maintenance programmed.
Another incident occurred on March 19 in the Juan Pablo Duarte stationcorresponding to the Line 1where several passengers were affected after a user disregarded the instructions of the operational staff, pushed a collaborator and ran down the stairs.
Upon arriving at the platform, a member of the Specialized Corps for Transport Security Metro (CESMET) intervened to control the situation, at which point the user physically attacked him and hit him. bite.
on Wednesday April 16a user was injured after falling between the platform and the railway track while trying to board a unit in the Francisco Gregorio Billini stationcorresponding to the Line 2.
Cesmet agents requested the intervention of the National Emergency and Security Assistance System 9-1-1, whose members provided first aid and took the affected person to a health center.
He April 23a train presented a fault while circulating through the Mauricio Báez station, which generated delays in the operation of the Line 2. Likewise, on June 9, the Line 1 faced delays due to a electrical failure registered at the station Hero Centers.
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Cesmet agents requested the intervention of the National Emergency and Security Assistance System 9-1-1, whose members provided first aid and transferred the affected person to a health center.
He August 14the service was suspended between the Concepción Bona and Eduardo Brito stations, in Santo Domingo Este, for approximately 20 minutes, in order to correct a mismatch in a ceiling of about four square meters at the Rosa Duarte station. The piece was removed and the line resumed normal operation.
He September 11, Paraíso electrical substations and Isabela, which feed Lines 1 and 2 of the Metroas well as the Line 1 of the Cable Car, were out of operation due to the departure of the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI), causing the immediate suspension of service in both electricity systems. transport.
He September 26 a bus collided with the access booth of the season Pedro Francisco Bonó, of the Line 2 of the Santo Domingo Metroleaving one person injured, according to the Office for the Reorganization of the Transport (Opret). The service was temporarily suspended.
The Office for the Reorganization of Transport (Opret) reported that the November 10 a train of the metro of Santo Domingo had to be evacuated after a electrical failure will affect the section between the Mamá Tingó and Peña Gómez stations of the Line 1.
He November 19the Opret reported that, due to construction work on Line 2C, there was a breakdown andn the track change that exclusively affects the arrival and departure of trains on the Maria Montez stationlocated at kilometer 9 of the Duarte highway and belonging to the Line 2.
That same day the section of the Line 1 of the Santo Domingo Metro presented issueswhich forced hundreds of people to travel on foot along Hermanas Mirabal Avenue and the Francisco J. Peynado Bridge, after being evacuated from the transportation system. transport.
He general blackout
He November 11 a general blackout (blackout) that affected the country and generated difficulty in obtaining transport to move to their destinations until they become trapped in the Santo Domingo Metro and the cable car. This case cost the director of the OpretRafael Antonio Santos Pérez.
Finally, on Tuesday the 9th of this month of December, in the Pedro Livio Cedeño stationof the Line 1 the last of the incidents was reported. According to the Office for the Reorganization of the Transport (Opret), it was a problem in the door system from one of the carriages.
Although the situation momentarily affected the passengers, It was resolved in about eight minutes.after applying the established protocol.
