Overview
- The STC removed 17 PTR inspectors after accumulated complaints of alleged corruption, the agency’s director Adrián Rubalcava announced.
- Leadership plans to renew PTR personnel and create a clearly identifiable supervisor group to strengthen oversight across the network’s 195 stations.
- Officials report a 51% decline in crimes inside stations over four months, with investigation files falling from 135 in May to 65 by September 22, though they did not specify offense types or locations.
- Rubalcava pledged a permanent working table with vendors to address issues such as pandemic-era debts and participation in station remodels, reiterating that sales inside train cars are not allowed.
- Modernization on Line 1’s Observatorio station is advancing, with the director saying a clearer reopening timeline will be given in the coming weeks after successful train tests to the station.