He Santo Domingo Metro reported this Friday afternoon temporary suspension from the station Gregorio Urbano Gilbert to Mama Tingó on Line 1, in Santo Domingo Norte. The strike was not given prior notice, as is usually done in their social networks and in press releases.
According to a releasethe suspension is due to work maintenance in the catenary via. Service will be restored regularly on Saturday, January 3. He did not specify the time.
“The service will be suspended to guarantee the safety of the users during the activities of scheduled maintenancecarried out due to the low flow of users“, reported the Department of Communication.
In that sense, they will enable free transportation on buses Metropolitan Bus Services Operator (OMSA) between the affected stations.
Users complained in the social networks that they were removed from the trains without any explanation.
By the end of 2025, the Metro daily mobilized a figure that oscillates between 380,000 and 400,000 passengers on weekdays. The station Mama Tingó (Villa Mella) remains as that of increased traffic of the entire network, followed by the Heroes Center and the Juan Pablo Duarte transfer station.
Thanks to the incorporation of trains 6 wagons (doubling the previous capacity) and the repowering of the electrical system, the metro can now transport up to 22,000 users per hour at peak hours.
For the month of February the entry into the system of the Line 2 Can extension of 7.5 kilometers that will connect the María Montez station with the entrance of Los Alcarrizos, which is expected to have a considerable increase in the number of users.
