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On the morning of Saturday 25 February, the Line 9 of the Metro Public Transport System (STC) de Mexico presented breakdowns for which users had to be expelled and there was temporary service at some stations. Several of the passengers shared on social media how they had to walk on the tracks due to the intermittences experienced by the system.
The CDMX metro presented smoke on line 5 and delays at several stations
On the afternoon of February 22, the public transport system closed with the presence of smoke in one of its stations
Around noon, the official Metro Twitter account informed users that a temporary service from Chabacano station to Pantitlán in the so-called coffee line, This is due to a power system overhaul. Therefore, he did not offer service Lazaro Cardenas in Tacubayaso there was a collapse in the stations due to the number of passengers there.
Nearly an hour later, the same STC detailed that service had been restored, so all Line 9 stations were operating normally. Although several users have denounced that the running of the trains was not continuous and that certain stops were still affected, even having to wait up to 10 minutes to board a train.
Once again the CDMX metro: delays of up to half an hour have been reported on lines 9 and A
Riders also blamed the long queues to access the platforms, while the Transit System reported train progress was about four minutes.
Due to the problem that has arisen, several users have shared videos of how they got kicked out in the middle of seasons, for which they had to walk between the tracks. A record posted by the account @sofydgaray shows the moment when an element of the Civil Protection enters the wagon to ask people for their cooperation to get down on the tracks.
“We will walk along the tracks, they are not under tension but I will ask you to walk in the middle,” can be heard saying the trained personnel who climbed to help passengers, while placing the emergency stairs to allow evacuation. It is not known in which section of the line this video was recorded Although the evicted convoys could have been more numerous, there are even other videos circulating of people who walked in the middle of the tracks.
Users reported smoke on the line 9 train of the CDMX metro
Passengers were kicked out of one of the train’s carriages, while Line 9 faced delays
“They could inform the process of returning what we paid”, “They would have notified an hour ago”, “Sooner or later the line will collapse” and “The metro always has problems” , are some of the comments that users left on the first publication issued by the Metro.
Until No authority has spoken on this.on the cause of this power failure.
That same Saturday, although a few hours earlier, passengers reported the evacuation of a train at Coyoacán station of metro line 3, for a presumed outbreak of fire. In the images, users can be seen on the platform while elements of the National Guard they try to completely empty the wagons.
People have commented that this crash was from a station before, however The police did not take protective measures in the face of what happenedbeing at the Coyoacán station when they finally listened to the signs, by then the smoke was already more visible.
Despite the videos put into circulation, the CDMX metro did not report on this situation, or if there were delays in the service due to the attempt that occurred. These incidents add to a long list of problems faced by the STC in 2023, which began with the Collision between two trains on line 3, in the El Potrero-La Raza sectionwhich left a young woman dead and more than 10 injured.