Service on the Cascais line, which was suspended between Cais do Sodre and Alges due to a fire at an electrical substation, was restored at around 5:00 am this Wednesday. According to Infrastructures of Portugal (IP), the situation has forced train schedules to be adapted, but no other transport restrictions are expected.
For what morning Post It turned out that about 500 passengers on two trains had to be evacuated during the work. Initial information received was that there would be about 1,500 people in the carriages, but the figure was adjusted.
“The situation caused a stir as it affected public transport, but there were no casualties,” he said. CM Nuno Marques, head of the Lisbon Sapadores fire service.
32 military personnel were mobilized to the scene, supported by nine vehicles of the Lisbon Fire Regiment. The alarm was raised around 8:10 a.m. and declared cleared at 8:53 a.m. Tuesday.
The individual entrepreneur reports that repair work is ongoing at the electrical substation that caused the fire.
Author: Sarah Reis Teixeira
Source: CM Jornal
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