Passengers were forced to walk
for hundreds of metres in a Rome metro tunnel after several cars
on a train were evacuated for technical faults on Friday.
The train came to a halt between the Linea B stops of Circo
Massimo and Colosseo, among the most frequented on that line.
In order to reach Colosseo, passengers got off the train in
their hundreds and walked along the tunnel, which was lit by
emergency lights.
Rome transport company ATAC said the B line was blocked
between the stations of Castro Pertorio and San Paolo, farther
out.
Also on Friday, platforms and escalators at Termini station's
metro stop were blacked out.
Rome's metro system has been hit by a string of faults in the
last year.
Escalators have broken down on three stops on the Linea A.
On Thursday two ATAC and two Rome metro managers were placed
under house arrest for alleged failures in escalator
maintenance.
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