This July 11, the rehabilitation works will begin on Line 1 of the Metro, which runs from Observatorio to Pantitlán, for which the government of Mexico City will deploy 2,500 officials to support the citizens who will be affected by the closure. part of the line.
Claudia Sheinbaum, head of the Government of Mexico City, said that there will be user support service through RTP, Trolleybus and Metrobus units.
“We are going to deploy a team of brigade members, modules and information material so that everyone knows the road alternatives, we can support the elderly, people with disabilities, boys, girls, women, that everyone know what the alternatives are,” he explained in a message on social networks.
Line 1 of the @MetroCDMX It is more than half a century old. [email protected] we made the decision to intervene and deliver one of the most modern lines in the world. For this, it is necessary to close it temporarily, tomorrow the works begin. Here I explain: pic.twitter.com/k6LXNZchK1
— Claudia Sheinbaum (@Claudiashein) July 10, 2022
Sheinbaum assured that the commitment will be to deliver a safer line, in which it will reduce the travel time from Pantitlán to the Observatory, from one hour to 30 minutes; and there will be a decrease in the waiting time as the number of trains will increase.
Although the works will officially begin until this Monday, the capital’s government began preparations this weekend, which has caused annoyance among users who did not know about the closure of stations.
At the Pino Suárez station on Line 1, users who went to the #Historic center to make purchases they did not know about the closure of the Metro and they look for alternatives to get around.
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– Political Animal (@Pajaropolitico) July 10, 2022
According to the authorities, the first phase of closure of Line 1 will last eight months; It includes the section from Pantitlán to Salto del Agua. The closed stations are: Pantitlán, Zaragoza, Gómez Farías, Boulevard Puerto Aéreo, Balbuena, Moctezuma, San Lázaro, Candelaria, Merced, Pino Suárez, Isabel la Católica and Salto del Agua.
This is what the rows of RTP trucks that provide support look like due to the closure of the Line, due to maintenance and modernization work.
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– Political Animal (@Pajaropolitico) July 10, 2022
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