To Combat Illegal Trade: Metro Announces Ban on the Entry of Cars and Large Packages

In the context of the fight against illegal trade, the Santiago Metro announced a new measure that will begin...

Millions of Chileans will benefit from a new measure that will be implemented in Metro de Santiago. Recently, the company, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport announced the prohibition of the entry of bulky cars and packages to the stations. This is only one of the measures that will be adopted to prevent the expansion of illegal trade. At the same time, they will protect elevators, escalators and emergency accesses. Th…

Metro de Santiago took this measure of limiting the entry of cars by the advance of the street trade.

At the beginning of May, there was a strong altercation at La Cisterna de Línea 2 de Metro de Santiago station, between vendors of the illegal trade and the security guards. In fact, one of the subjects in question, climbed to the roof of a train wagon unleashing real chaos. In this context, Metro de Santiago announced a strict measure that will begin to govern within the next few weeks: the prohibition of entry of "Yagua" cars and large package…

According to the company, this measure seeks to avoid its use as logistical means of illegal trade, protect accesses and emergency exits, as well as reduce damage to elevators, escalators and tourniquets.