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Sarmiento Line Train Derails Near Liniers, Injuring 20 and Halting Service to Once

Officials are probing a suspected fault in a track switch.

Overview

  • Emergency responders reported 20 injured, with nine passengers transferred to hospitals and 11 treated at the scene.
  • Trenes Argentinos limited service to run only between Castelar and Moreno, with trains not reaching Once.
  • No fatalities were reported, and fire and civil defense teams confirmed no passengers were trapped in the carriages.
  • Three cars left the rails near the Rivadavia and Timoteo Gordillo crossing as the train approached Liniers at low speed.
  • SAME said the injured included at least two minors, and patients were sent to Santojanni, Vélez Sarsfield, Álvarez and Cecilia Grierson hospitals.