- Cable cuts and robberies have occurred at four different points in the municipalities of Los Yebenes and Manzaneque
- Adif maintenance equipment will try to resolve the incidence once the rail service is finished tonight
A cable robbery at four different points of the Madrid-Seville high speed line, as it passes through the province of Toledo, is affecting the trains that link the capital with Andalusia.
The cuts and theft of cable have occurred in the municipal terms of the YaBenes (kilometer points 92/850 and 93/600) and Manzaneque (kilometer points 101/400 and 102/200), affecting the signaling facilities of the line, which is causing delays in the service.
Adif maintenance equipment will try to resolve the incidence once the rail service is finished tonight.
The affected services have been the following:
Malaga Ave 17:55 – Barcelona 23:59 arrives at 04:32 with +273 ‘
Alvia Cádiz 16:15 – Madrid Pa 20:55 arrives at 03:29 with +394 ‘
Alvia Algeciras 15:52 – Madrid Pa 21:20 arrives with +362 ‘at 03:22
Avlo Sevilla 18:55 – Madrid 21:52 arrives at 04:14 with +382 ‘
Ave Málaga 18:50 – Madrid 21:59. Arrives with +395 ‘at 04:34
AVE Sevilla 19:33 – Madrid 22:13 arrives at 04:01 with +348 ‘
Avant Puertollano 21:32 – Madrid 22:54 arrives at 05:07 with +373 ‘
Ave Málaga 20:05 – Madrid 23:04 arrives at 05:16 with + 372 ‘
AVE Madrid 21:05 – Sevilla 23:57 arrives at 05:47 with +425 ‘
Interity Sevilla 19: 25-Madrid 22:23. It arrives at 06:07 with +464´
AVE Sevilla 20: 54-Madrid 23:50 circulates coupled to AVE Málaga 21: 20-Madrid 00:04. It arrives at 06:28, with +398´
AVE Barcelona 16:58 – Sevilla 22:49. It circulates with a delay of 593´, planned arrival at 08:42.
Finally, the commercial services Ave Madrid 20:35 – Málaga 23:35
and Ave Madrid 21:05 – Sevilla 23:57 have not made departure and have been
relocated to other services.
Due to the number of trains affected and in order to avoid agglomerations at Madrid Puerta de Atocha, trains travelers are pledged to Toledo, Puertollano and Andalucía before 8:00 hours that do not appear at the station until that time.
Renfe has opened the Club Salas and has performed the search for accommodation in hotels for travelers who could not continue last night with their trip, in order to offer them the greatest possible comfort while the normality is restored in the service.
In this sense, the company has reserved 220 hotel rooms for people traveling with minors, older and travelers with special needs. For the rest the club rooms have been enabled with food, drink and blankets.
For its part, an alternative road transport plan for the Avant Madrid 22:15 – Puertollano 23:37 has been established.
Renfe is intensifying the attention to travelers through the reinforcement of the information equipment, the communication of estimated travel time and the distribution of food and drink.
The company has increased the provision of personnel in stations and is working to mobilize as many trains as possible, despite the operational limitations derived from the current incidence.
With this purpose, from 6 in the morning a staff reinforcement has been carried out in Atocha to inform travelers, while trains have been scheduled in double composition and special services.
Renfe has also reinforced the vicinity service to facilitate the arrivals of the affected travelers. To this end, the Cercanías service has remained operational during the night and the start -up of a special train at 3:50 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. to Chamartín, Alcalá de Henares, Móstoles, Parla and Fuenlabrada has been coordinated. This measure sought to offer a transport solution to travelers who arrived in Madrid at night and facilitate their transfer to different areas of the metropolitan area.
