Mexico City requests investigation into metro incidents

Mexico City’s metro operator has filed measures with the local attorney general’s office to investigate what it calls intentional incidents.

The attorney general’s office is now looking into five incidents, one taking place on Sunday, one day after the operator took action. A car on line No. 7 got detached while arriving at Polanco station. Witnesses said they heard an explosion seconds prior to the incident. 

Although service resumed a few hours later, passengers also reported smoke coming from Bellas Artes station, which connects three metro lines.

On January 7, a crash between two trains on line No. 3 left one dead and more than 100 injured.

In a statement, MetroCDMX director Guillermo Calderón mentioned regular occurrences like cut cables and damaged tracks.

While officials suggest the events are resulting from human intervention – even sending the national guard to patrol metro stations – workers union SNTSC claims a lack of investment in maintenance was to blame.

Metro line No. 12 reopens

On Sunday, mayor Claudia Sheinbaum reopened the underground section of 23km metro line No. 12 that was shut down after an elevated track in Tláhuac district collapsed, killing 26 in May 2021.

The 12km section serves eight stations. The remaining part, mostly elevated tracks, remains closed.