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Sarmiento Train Derails Near Liniers, Injuring 20 as Service Faces Delays

Federal investigators probe a suspected switch failure shown in new video.

Overview

  • Formation 3358 from Moreno to Once derailed at about 15:50 near Liniers, with three rear cars shifting onto a parallel track.
  • Emergency crews from SAME, City Firefighters and the GER evacuated passengers and treated 20 injured, nine of whom were transported; no fatalities were reported.
  • Service was largely restored later that night and continues this morning with delays and cancellations, with trains bypassing Liniers during removal and forensic work.
  • Judge Julián Ercolini ordered alcohol and toxicology tests for the driver as well as comprehensive technical peritajes, and prosecutors requested inspections of the locomotive, track and signaling.
  • Security-camera footage circulating since Tuesday shows the moment of the descalce near a track switch that had been recently modified, and union representatives contend the failure was technical rather than human.