morning of station eleven Passengers who reboarded the Sarmiento Railway yesterday after the derailment, which occurred a few meters from the Riniere station at the intersection of Calle Rivadavia and Calle Timoteo Gordillo, were met with a mixture of anxiety, displeasure at the state of the infrastructure and resignation to a return to normality.
The accident, in which 20 people were injured, 10 of them with multiple injuries, created a certain atmosphere of distrust and anxiety among users, but many went beyond complaints and expressed that they had “no other choice” when it came to climbing to train again.
“What happened yesterday is very alarming. Fortunately, it was from Moreno to here, and not from Once to Moreno. Because if Once to Moreno is a disaster, then people are dying there, so it is a disaster,” he said during the conversation. nation Gustavo, 55, who works as an elevator driver from the station hall, explained that he takes the Sarmiento “every day at 5am from Moreno to Onse,” but described the service as “terrible.”Mainly affects standing workers who have no other option”.
For Mirna González, a 55-year-old elderly care worker, “we are traveling like animals.” Yesterday’s news came as a shock, he declared, but regretted that the urgent task of earning a living and arriving on time ended up falling on the vast majority of people. “Yes, it’s scary, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. The pay is not good enough, the subway is expensive, and the train is the most economical option, but it sucks. Conditions must remain the same, no matter what” he added.
In the case of Lucas Almada, 45, an “independent worker,” he also expressed displeasure and concern over neglected benefits, levels of overcrowding, and repeated disputes during his work. “I take Sarmiento every day. Beyond what happened yesterday with Riniere, The most disturbing thing for me is what happens every day because the trains are in a deplorable condition.. It’s like a dump truck, there’s a total lack of respect and there’s no safety anywhere. “The alienation is so great, they’re smoking, drinking, fighting, it’s a disaster,” he said.
The railway line in question carries some cargo. 300,000 people per day. Especially for workers and students who travel between the suburbs of Buenos Aires and the city of Buenos Aires. Operated by a state-owned company Sofuse (Argentina Railways’ head of operations, track and construction) The railway union blamed a lack of investment, describing the system as “patched together” and “incompatible” because a “collage” of modern technologies from different countries (China, Japan, Germany, the United States) was applied to dilapidated structures that are more than 90 years old.
In this context, delays and schedule changes have become a daily bane of passenger complaints. “Currently, travel in Sarmiento is very complicated and there are always delays. There are always a lot of people and you never know when they will leave. They may tell you the time, but in the end it leaves in 30 minutes. Tired” said Medina Seña, a 20-year-old student who takes the train from the West every day.
He also said he got into the car a few minutes before the accident happened yesterday. “Thank God I left university early because otherwise I would have encountered what actually happened. A situation like this has never happened to me, but the truth is that it was terrifying,” he concluded.
After the derailment, a preliminary report revealed that the train had failed to change the track, and on Tuesday, service was suspended for two hours between Castelard and Moreno without reaching the Onse terminal. However, around 6:00 p.m., the flight resumed without stopping at Linier, with some delays and cancellations.
this morning, The service started working normally, but then it was interrupted again due to technical issues. Argentine railway sources point out that: nation It’s from noon Service was suspended in linear and has resumed full operation.
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