The claim on Line 3 occurs 16 days after the collision of two trains registered between the Potrero and La Raza stations, which caused the death of an 18-year-old girl and left around 100 people injured, in addition to the suspension of service for two days from La Raza to the Indios Verdes terminal.
After the incident, the Head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the director of the Metro, Guillermo Calderón, have pointed to events such as short circuits and the uncoupling of wagons on a Line 7 train as “atypical cases”, denying the lack of resources for the maintenance and repair of facilities and convoys.
“There were many events that occurred in the different stations, events that were not normal for them to take place, events that were outside the normal part of the Metro operation, they were not things that were not maintained due to maintenance or lack of maintenance. to present,” he said in a conference on January 20.
In contrast, a poster signed by the Metro Union at the ticket office of the Juárez station accuses the lack of supplies. “Both the authority and the local Congress ignore the lack of tools and spare parts.”
(Photo: Shelma Navarrete)
