Two days after the preliminary report on the derailment of the Elevador da Glória in Lisbon, which resulted in 16 deaths and over 20 injuries, was released, the president of Carris, along with the rest of the board of directors, resigned.
The announcement was made by the Lisbon City Council (CML) on Wednesday afternoon. According to the municipality, the resignation followed a meeting between Pedro Bogas and the president Carlos Moedas.
The PS considers this insufficient. The opposition calls for the resignation of the CML vice-president, Filipe Anacoreta Correia, who oversees Carris.
Today, Thursday, October 23, the legal representative of the company contracted by Carris for the maintenance of the Elevador da Glória will be heard at the Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) in Lisbon. It remains to be seen what will emerge from this.
Carlos Moedas Praises Carris Board Following Resignation
The Lisbon City Council revealed that, during the meeting between Carris president Pedro Bogas and Carlos Moedas, Moedas had the opportunity to commend the way the municipal company’s board handled the tragedy of September 3rd.
“Carlos Moedas highlights the professional and courageous way the current Board of Directors defended the company’s interests in the face of the tragic Elevador da Glória accident, despite having offered to resign from the outset,” the municipality noted, adding that “the current administration will ensure management within legal timeframes until a new president and Board of Directors of Carris are selected.”
The nomination of a new administration “will be presented in due course for a new mandate.”
Lisbon PS Also Calls for Anacoreta Correira’s Resignation
After learning of Pedro Bogas’s resignation, the PS in the Lisbon City Council also called for the resignation of vice-president Filipe Anacoreta Correia (CDS-PP), as a political responsibility for the Elevador da Glória tragedy, considering the resignation of Carris’s administration as insufficient.
“There is, objectively, a political responsibility that needs to be assumed,” said PS councilor Pedro Anastácio to Lusa, advocating for Filipe Anacoreta Correia’s resignation. He recalled that the CDS-PP mayor stated after the accident that, if anyone was to assume political responsibility, it would be him and not the mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas (PSD).
Today, the Lisbon PS called for the resignation of municipal vice-president Filipe Anacoreta Correia (CDS-PP), as a political responsibility for the Elevador da Glória tragedy, considering the resignation of Carris’s administration insufficient.
Lusa | 19:00 – 22/10/2025
On social media, Alexandra Leitão commented on the resignation of the president of Carris, saying that he “showed more dignity than Moedas.”
“The president of the Carris Board of Directors showed more dignity by resigning, understanding it was impossible to remain in charge after the GPIAAF report, unlike Carlos Moedas, who did not understand this,” wrote the socialist on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
“There is still someone behaving with the responsibility that public positions demand,” she added in the same post.
O presidente do Conselho de Administração da Carris teve mais dignidade ao apresentar a sua demissão, compreendendo que era impossível manter-se à frente dos destinos da Carris após o relatório do GPIAFF, do que Carlos Moedas que não percebeu isso. Haja ainda alguém que se…
— Alexandra Leitão (@Alexandrarfl) October 22, 2025
Maintenance Company Heard This Thursday at DIAP
Today, Thursday, October 23, the legal representative of the company contracted for maintenance of the Elevador da Glória will be heard at the Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) in Lisbon.
According to Lusa, the legal representative of MNTC – Serviços Técnicos de Engenharia (MAIN) will be questioned as a witness by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in the criminal investigation initiated after the derailment, which caused 16 deaths and about two dozen injuries, including Portuguese and foreigners of various nationalities.
The inquiry is scheduled to begin at 9:30 am at DIAP in Lisbon, at the Campus of Justice.
Damning Report
On Monday, October 20, the Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves e de Acidentes Ferroviários (GPIAAF) released the preliminary report on the accident, highlighting maintenance failures and omissions on the elevator, and noting a lack of employee training and supervision of the service provider’s work.
The preliminary report by GPIAAF reveals that the cable connecting the two cabins of the Elevador da Glória, which gave way at the point of attachment of the derailed carriage, did not comply with Carris specifications and was not certified for transporting people.
“The use of cables that were multiple times non-compliant with specifications and usage restrictions was due to various accumulated failures in its acquisition, acceptance, and application process by CCFL [Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa], whose internal control mechanisms were insufficient or inadequate to prevent and detect such failures,” the organization states.
The investigation reports that in the process of acquiring cables for the Elevador da Glória, Carris sent potential suppliers specifications for the Santa Justa elevator cables, which are different, failing to spot the error or clarify the mistake.
According to GPIAAF, “for a reason that Carris could not explain to the investigation, and with no documentary evidence found during the consultation with suppliers, the specification provided by the Carris Electric Mode Maintenance Direction (DME) for one of the Santa Justa elevator cables was adopted for both added items corresponding to the cables for the Glória and Lavra elevators, changing only the diameter.”
This public organization found maintenance failures and omissions on the elevator, also pointing out a lack of training for employees and supervision of the service provider’s work.
The preliminary report from the Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves e de Acidentes Ferroviários regarding the Elevador da Glória is out, indicating several “failures.” Reactions were swift.
Natacha Nunes Costa with Lusa | 09:22 – 21/10/2025
GPIAAF notes, for instance, that inspections scheduled for the day of the accident “are recorded as executed, although evidence suggests they were not performed during the indicated time in the corresponding log.
The preliminary report also indicates that elevators like those of Glória and Lavra in Lisbon, as well as the Carris trams, are not under the supervision of the Institute of Mobility and Transport (IMT), being solely under the scrutiny of the managing company.
GPIAAF recommends that Carris not reactivate the Lisbon elevators “without reassessment by a specialized entity,” and that IMT implements an appropriate regulatory framework.
