New Santo Domingo Metro director, engineer Manuel Antonio Saleta toured the Santo Domingo Metro line 1 and 2 over the weekend. Saleta said that the completion of Line 2, the increase of passenger load and cars of Line 1 and the maintenance of the installation in operation are the three priorities in the short and medium term for the metro. He observed the need to add cars on some routes or increase or expand some stations due to the big demand for the service.
The Santo Domingo Metro hopes for better days ahead. Its deputy director, Leonel Carrasco has said that it transports around 250,000 passengers every day. He said that revenues are around RD$5 million a day, with less on Saturdays and Sundays.
In an interview with Diario Libre, Carrasco explained that the RD$20 fares these pay cover 85-90% of the cost of the operations. Nevertheless, news reports have revealed that maintenance has been lagging behind. But Carrasco says that maintenance works are carried out after midnight on all the routes. He made the comments after an electrical failure caused a one hour daily from 6:55 to 8am on Friday, 19 May 2017.
22 May 2017
