Metrotenerife, company of the council and responsible for the tram service, has opened disciplinary file to one of its drivers for generating delays allegedly intentional in the service, as reported by the company in a press release on Wednesday.
The company has explained that in view of the numerous complaints from customers who believed that a slowdown in tram traffic on certain days last February, has analyzed and verified this information using various data recorded by our systems.
As a result of these analyses, according to Metrotenerife, it is found that these delays occurred during the driving shift of the same employee of the company. These facts that concern the employee in question could constitute typified disciplinary infractions as very serious in the company’s Collective Agreement, for which reason the corresponding disciplinary file has been opened against the aforementioned worker.
In this sense, it has been confirmed that for at least three days in February this year, there were continuous delays on Line 1 of the Trolley carwhich gave rise to a blockage that was progressively extended, affecting other trams in the system.”Circulating at a slower speed than usual and prolonging the waiting time at the stops had a considerable impact on the service provided to the users of our transport public with these continued delays”, they point out from the company.
According to Metrotenerife, these actions not only affect the service provided to thousands of users who use the tram dailywith non-compliance with the schedules established for the service, but rather creates harm for the rest of the drivers, as well as for the regulators of the central control post.
In this sense, the company clarifies that, on the one hand, drivers of other trams are blocked, delaying their rest and departure time when they finish the service; on the other hand, the regulators have a significant workload, with serious difficulties to maintain the frequency of the system and cover the gaps without trams that occur during the day.
Although from Metrotenerife other cases are being analyzedAt the moment they have wanted to emphasize that this is an isolated situation. And he adds that most of the drivers have proven their professionalism and vocation for public service over the years, which cannot be tarnished by the particular performance of any person.
