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Santiago Metro suspends service at five Line 4 stations after medical emergency

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Metro de Santiago suspended service at five Line 4 stations after a medical emergency during the evening rush period.
  • Service resumed across the line after about 40 minutes, with normal frequencies returning gradually.
  • Red Movilidad added support buses and reinforced several routes after the disruption caused overcrowding at bus stops.

Five stations on Santiago’s Line 4 were temporarily closed after a medical emergency disrupted service during the evening rush.

Metro de Santiago said service remained available between Tobalaba and Vicente Valdés, and between Hospital Sótero del Río and Plaza de Puente Alto, for around 40 minutes while the stations Vicente Valdés, Rojas Magallanes, Trinidad, Los Quillayes and San José de la Estrella were suspended.

The incident occurred 20 minutes after the start of the rush period and caused overcrowding at bus stops. Red Movilidad deployed Metro Support buses in a loop alongside Line 4 and reinforced routes 210, 210v, 210e, 213e, 712 and F25.

Metro later reported that all Line 4 stations were available again, while the service gradually returned to its usual frequency.

Attention! Service on Line 4 is returning to normal. All stations on the line are available, and service will gradually return to its usual frequency.

— Metro de SantiagoThe transit operator’s update announcing the restoration of service.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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