CDMX.- From tomorrow Tuesday, the 195 stations of the Network will operate normally, after resuming the circulation of trains at the Observatories, Tacubaya and Juanacatlán stations of Line 1; as well as in Air Terminal, Hangares and Pantitlán of Line 5.The service at the Observatory, Tacubaya and Juanacatlán stations of Line 1 will be enabled, after the hard work and effort by workers of the Collective Transportation System (STC) to withdraw trains that hit the night of Tuesday, March 10 at Tacubaya station, and enable the track on the affected stretch.
For five uninterrupted days, by about 200 workers in the rolling stock, track, high and low voltage, fire network, automation and control, signalling, automatic piloting, industrial safety and hygiene areas, as well as 28 Members of the Tacubaya Fire Department, it was concluded with the withdrawal of 18 tanks that made up the two trains involved, equivalent to 500 tons. In principle the work was aimed at returning the trains to their original positions on their axle on tracks, for which the use of hydraulic equipment, pneumatic mattresses, circular saws, hydraulic jacks, oxycortante material, frosts, plasma cutting machines and lamps to detect current presence; as well as crane platforms for loading and unloading materials and equipment, rail trawling and personnel transport vehicles. The tanks were moved to the warehouse of Talleres Zaragoza, some of them towed with traction vehicles with internal combustion engines, which allowed to carry out the replacement and repair of about 160 meters of stretch of guide bar damaged, comprising a space of the Tacubaya station towards the inside of the tunnel with Observatory direction, this in order to enable the track in both directions. Subsequently, 100 insulators were replaced on the track; Pipeline revisions and repairs, low voltage wiring signalling and replacement system, as well as automatic piloting system repair. Since the early hours of this Monday, in order to ensure the safety of users, surveying and leveling actions were carried out, as well as train tests to certify the circulation of the trains. The Mexico City Metro recognizes the discipline, organization and effort of the workers who collaborated day and night, to enable the service on Line 1 of the Metro.On the other hand, operations will resume in Air Terminal, Hangares and Pantitlán of Line 5 , after concluding the work by the National Hydrocarbons Commission, Pemex and the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management of Civil Protection of Mexico City, after a leak was reported outside the Metro on Sunday, March 1, , at a gas station, located on Av. Air Force in the Mayor’s Office Venustiano Carranza.Staff of the Metro CDMX, Protección Civil CDMX and Pemex carried out the necessary tests to rule out the minimal situation that violates the safety of the facilities of the the optimum conditions for the operation of trains in the area were certified. In both lines, derived from the closure of stations for the various reasons exposed, information tarpaulins distributed in the areas of visibility of users were placed and free transport was granted in the metro’s operating hours, with support from buses RTP in case of Line 5; while the exterior of Line 1 in the Chapultepec to Observatory stretch were added to RTP units, Citizen Security vehicles and concession transportation.
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