inconveniences and trains late Wednesday 6 November 2019

A fire in the cabin that powers the traffic lights of the Tiburtina station. This has caused inconveniences and problems for trains leaving and arriving at the second Roman railway station. The alert to rescuers shortly before 5:00 am on Wednesday 6 November, when a brief interruption of the railway circulation was necessary, with the convoys that accumulated the first delays, up to 20 minutes.

In a short time the fire in the electrical cabin creates problems for the traffic light systems that regulate the station's rail traffic. Firefighters and Railway Police intervene with the trains proceeding in and out of the station at "manhole", strongly slowed down.

At about 6:34 am the fire is extinguished and the trains gradually resume circulation. Passengers on the lines pay the price High speed and of Fl1 Rome-Fiumicino, with delays up to 30 minutes, limitations and cancellations.

It remains now to ascertain the nature of the fire, on which PolFer Lazio is carrying out investigations after the findings by the Scientific Police. Although no obvious traces of accelerators or elements such as bottles and grafts have been found, the investigators do not rule out the hypothesis of arson.