Valencia residents struggle with public transport issues one month after Storm DANA

The Valencian metro service, which serves an average of 7.5 million people monthly, remains paralysed nearly a month after the passage of Storm DANA.

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00:00The control system of the Valencian metro network was destroyed by the passage of Storm

00:06Dana, paralyzing the smooth operation of the average 7.5 million trips made each month.

00:13As an alternative, up to 25 bus lines have been set up, but passengers describe their

00:18daily chaos using the temporary solutions.

00:22It's like an hour or more than an hour, because it comes and you see that it's full and then

00:25you have no place left.

00:26Yes, before it was less difficult. Now with the bus, the traffic and all that, it's another

00:31mess.

00:32Metro Valencia hopes to have some of its lines back up and functioning again by the beginning

00:38of December, while the regional government has already spent almost 50 million euros

00:43on repairs.

00:45In the town of Benitusa, schools have reopened nearly one month after being closed, and children

00:51returned to classes under the applause of parents, teachers and soldiers.

00:56On the other hand, in towns such as Alfafá or Catarroja, schools have not yet been able

01:02to reopen, and barracks have been improvising classrooms to accommodate the students.

01:07Many schools will have to be rebuilt. At the moment, 13 of them have already been declared

01:13in a catastrophic state.