[dario]

Today 17th October will be remembered as a sad day in the eternal city's history.
An underground train has crashed into another stopped at Piazza Vittorio Station just after 9.37 am.
How something like this can happen? It's just impossible, given there is an automatic block system.
It's possible, because there is a "waiver" protocol when the driver of a train can ask the control room if he can be allowed to overrun the red lights and proceed at very slow speed.
The driver this morning has asked this to the control room and has been allowed to proceed, but has failed to travel at low speed.
Moreover, the fact that the Manzoni station is closed and is speeded through owing to restructuring works shows that no care has been taken by the driver. The fellow drivers blame the fact that Manzoni is under reconstruction. The attached picture shows the incoming train having breaked through the standing train.