Rail routes stopped operating in several parts of Poland on Thursday (17), interrupting an important means of transport for Ukrainian refugees.
According to the country’s Transport Minister, there was an interruption of the traffic control system, which ended up affecting several countries.
Polish Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk said identical failures in traffic control systems, which are produced by a unit of French train maker Alstom, also appeared in India, Singapore and possibly Pakistan.
“The cause is still being determined,” Adamczyk wrote on Twitter. “PKP PLK is working around the clock to minimize the effects of the disruption, which has affected around 80% of rail traffic in Poland.”
Alstom’s chief executive in Poland, Slawomir Cyza, said in an email that the outage resulted from a data encryption failure.
“Alstom is aware of a time formatting error that currently affects the availability of the rail network and therefore rail transport in Poland,” said Cyza, adding that passenger safety was not compromised and that the company had implemented a plan. to restore traffic.
About 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine for Poland since Russia launched its invasion on February 24. According to the United Nations (UN), three million people have already fled Ukraine since the Russian attacks began.
With free train tickets for refugees, the network has become a key mode of transport for those leaving Ukraine to stay with friends and family in the neighboring country.
“In relation to the transport of refugees, which has been the main task of the railway in recent days, we are in full coordination of the process together with the Ministry of Infrastructure, as far as possible”, said the executive vice president of the company responsible for the lines. railways in Poland, the PKP PLK, Miroslaw Skubiszynski, told reporters on Thursday.
According to him, the interruption of traffic control was almost national, affecting 820 km of the country’s railway line.
Source: CNN Brasil
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