UPDATE Explosion on Bucharest’s busiest metro line. Metrorex reaction



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An explosion occurred on the night of Sunday, September 20, at a subway station in the Tineretului station, reports Observatornews. The platform was evacuated.

A subway line on the M2 bus, the busiest route, reported an explosion at the Tineretului station on Sunday night. According to the statements of the witnesses, problems appeared on the subway line while the train went from the Unirii station to Tineretului, according to the cited source.

Witnesses also said that the smell of smoke was felt in the carriages and the train stopped between the two stations. When he arrived at the Tineretului station, the passengers got out of the carriages, but shortly after the subway left the station there was an explosion.

According to the mentioned source, it was a short circuit. The intervention teams stopped the tension to solve the problem. There were no casualties after the incident.

Metrorex: “The safety of the traveling public was not jeopardized in a second”

“Metrorex informs that today, 09/20/2020, around 8:40 p.m., at the Tineretului metro station, a defect was reported to the train that runs on cable 2. According to the procedures applicable in such situations, Metrorex teams they intervened with specific actions to remedy and resolve the situation “, is reflected in a press release sent on Sunday night by the company. According to the Metrorex representatives, the train traffic was reorganized: they circulated non-stop through the station de Tineretului and the pendular system was circulated in the relations: Pipera-Unirii 2 and Berceni – Unirii 2.


“We mentioned that the safety of the traveling public was not in danger in any second, since it was permanently informed by the sound systems at the platform level. As of 21:50, the situation is remedied and traffic is resumed under normal conditions. , shows Metrorex.

The representatives of the company specify that the Tineretului metro station is located on the 2nd Highway, which is proposed to modernize, requiring the completion and modernization of the Interlocking facility.

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