The Integrated transport authority (ATI) reported, this Saturday, that it still cannot establish an exact date for the restoration of the operations of the Urban Trainafter inspections to the system revealed damage to the main “breaker” and other equipment that will need a “Greater repair or replacement work”.
The agency had planned to partially resume operations today after the fire that affected the Martínez Nadal power traction substation on Wednesday and that, from that moment, keeps the means of transport inoperative.
In a press release, ATI indicated that the agency’s staff, together with Private Operator ACI-HERZOG and United States Transportation Systems Safety Specialists “They continue to do critical tests for essential teams.”
The agency reported that, at the moment, it has managed to replace seven surge or lightning protectors, as well as burned cableries and other technical teams, after they were affected by the incident whose cause has not yet been revealed by ATI.
“During yesterday (Friday), after having inspected the 34 kilometers of train tracks, Luma Energy He attended with the disconnection of main lines (38kV) and it was possible to identify that there are essential equipment that needs more repair or replacement work. Among them is the main break, about eight feders with damage or inoperative, among others ”the executive director of AI, reported in written statements, Josué Menéndez August.
“These new findings that have been discovered, after Luma did the disconnection, will lead to additional work of specialized personnel in order to make the repairs, necessary changes and tests to the transformers. This situation makes uncertain, at this time, an exact date to begin train operations ”said Menéndez August.
He added that tomorrow, Sunday, ATI will provide an update on the works.
Yesterday, the agency reported that The staff managed to energize from Las Lomas Station to Sacred Heart. However, they argued that “the fire affected a critical area of the energy control system at the station”, resulting, among other things, in burned cable.
The service stoppage occurred on Wednesday morning at times of greater demand, when an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 people use the service.
Menéndez August said that, since Wednesday, there are five bus stations, both of the intermodal system and the Metropolitan Bus Authority (AMA), which have not stopped operating.
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