Blackout in the subway Roma. The capital’s B line was completely suspended due to a blackout of the external line. Shuttles have been prepared to replace the suspended routes.
Blackout on the B metro in Rome
Around 6.20pm on October 23rd, all train services were interrupted Metro B in Rome. The fault also affected the B1 branch. According to what was reported by Atac, the Capitoline public transport company, the subway is not receiving energy from the external network.
“The service on the B/B1 metro is temporarily replaced by buses due to a lack of electricity due to adverse weather conditions. The technicians are intervening to recheck the electrical protections intervened and restore circulation” Atac communicated on its website.
Metro passengers boarding replacement shuttles
The service only resumed at 7.40pm, in the stretch between Castro Pretorio and Rebibbia and between Castro Pretorio and Jonio, with greatly slowed train circulation. The route between Castro Pretorio and Laurentina is still closed.
Metro replaced with shuttle bus
According to the communication from Attack, the subway which remained stopped for more than an hour during the evening of 23 October was replaced with some shuttle buses in order to evacuate the passengers remaining on the platforms and in the trains.
The people who crowded there B line However, there were very many of them on the subway at the time, given that the fault occurred right in the middle of rush hour, when many people were leaving their offices to return to their homes.
The local information site Roma Today reports that the activation of this service shuttle bus was particularly slow, with the bus drivers surprised by the amount of people they had to put on the vehicles.
Perhaps bad weather was behind the failure
As reported by the newspaper’s website the Republicbehind the lack of electricity from the external network which blocked the B line of the Rome metro there would be bad weather.
A yellow weather alert had been issued throughout Lazio for October 23rd, and during the day a storm very strong hit Rome, causing flooding and major traffic problems.
Photo source: ANSA
Source: notizie.virgilio.it
