Naples, drill hole the tunnel of metro line 2 and falls on the moving train: 5 injured
Public transport in Naples
The accident at the Piazza Garibaldi station: interruption of railway traffic on the Naples Gianturco – Villa Literno section.
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An auger used by a private company working on a construction site in Garibaldi square broke through the gallery of the subway line 2, falling on the moving regional train, cutting the high voltage cables and a pantograph. The latter in turn collapsed on the side of the train, shattering the most finerini and injuring 5 passengers. The episode happened shortly after 12 o’clock, at Garibaldi Station. I immediately came to my aid. The circulation of the Line 2 metro trains has been interrupted.
According to the first reconstructions carried out by the technician of FS, who manages the metro line, it would have been, therefore, a chain accident. In practice, an auger used by an external company that works on a construction site in Piazza Garibaldi broke through the canopy of the tunnel where the subway passes, falling on the high voltage cables that power the trains.
Cables on the train in Naples, 5 passengers injured
The auger thus sheared the high voltage cable and the pantograph located on the top of the running train, the device with which the train connects to the electric cables, which fell, hitting the side of the train. It was the Regional train 20931 Pozzuoli – Naples S. Giovanni Barra, which at that moment was traveling along the section below Naples Gianturco-Naples Campi Flegrei, he had to stop his run. The impact caused the rupture of some more finerini of the Regional, causing slight injuries to five travelers, medicated on the spot by the staff of 118. Rescuers and the police arrived promptly on the spot.
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The circulation of the FS metro trains was interrupted
The accident occurred around 12 noon today, 12 April 2022. The railway traffic on the from Naples Gianturco to Villa Literno it was interrupted starting at 12.00. The technicians of the State Railways intervened immediately to restore the line. However, traffic around 2 pm was still blocked. Investigations by the judiciary and technical checks on the tunnel that have been drilled are also underway.
It is not known at the moment when the transport service could start again. Railways has activated a replacement shuttle bus between Napoli Centrale and S. Giovanni Barrathe trains shuttle between Pozzuoli and Campi Flegrei, the Metropolitan trains for Salerno and Caserta have been self-replaced from Napoli Centrale.
(article updated at 4 pm)
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