The city woke up this Tuesday with the FGC service that connects it with Barcelona paralyzed
Mayor Lluïsa Moret: “The city had never witnessed an accident of these characteristics”
Sant Boi de Llobregat (Baix Llobregat) agrees mourning. The city has woken up this Tuesday may 17th between uncertainty and social commotion due to the train crash this Monday very close to the station of Railways of the Generalitat (FGC) of the municipality, an accident that has left a fatality, the machinist of FGC, and a dozen wounded.
This Tuesday, the FGC service that connects Barcelona with the municipalities of the Baix Llobregat remains paralyzed: only one active interim service that connects Barcelona with the station Sant Boy.
The services They have been working all Tuesday to extract the stranded convoy and continue with the investigation, although it is not yet known when the normal service. “At rush hour we have had a amazing people collapse& rdquor ;, he explains at the station Sant Boi FGC an station assistantwho works to guide people who must use alternative transportation by road.
For its part, Maria Jose, a longtime resident of Sant Boi, explains that in the fifty years she has lived in the city “this had never happened”; “With so many misfortunes that we are experiencing, now this leaves you a little distressed& rdquor ;, he regrets.
To that same “commotion” he appeals Cristina Queroa 24-year-old resident of Sant Boi who is a regular user of the same FGC train that was involved in the accident: “We are a little affected. Many people use that train every day to go to work or study, it is the public transport that the people of the city use the most & rdquor ;.
“Get back to normal as soon as possible & rdquor;
A few meters from the Sant Boi station, the Town Hall square shines this Tuesday 17th with the flags at half mast At 12 noon there was a minute of silence. The mayor of Sant Boi, Lluisa Morethas shown “the explicit duel for the loss of the driver’s life”, as well as showing “the support for family members and colleagues at FGC”.
Moret explained that the consistory is in permanent contact with the Generalitat in order to clarify the causes of this accident, as well as to “restore the service as soon as possible & rdquor ;. “The city had never witnessed no such accident&rdquor ;, has concluded the city’s political officer.
An “independent investigation & rdquor;
Likewise, the unions have also contributed their point of view regarding the Sant Boi railway accident. Diego Martin, spokesman for the Spanish Union of Train Drivers and Railway Assistants (SEMAF), assures that they want to demand “an exhaustive and independent investigation of the accident”. “It cannot be”, insists Martín, “that the Railway Accident Investigation Commission do not make the report and let the Government”.
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On the other hand, Martín expresses concern about the security conditions current in FGC: “Conditions that were not suitable& rdquor ;, they point out from the union, despite the fact that the reasons have not yet been clarified. Causes of the incident and the investigation is still open by the specialized unit of the Mossos d’Esquadra.
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