The new chapter of the railway chaos on Monday to the main stations of the country and leaves more than 10,000 affected by delays and cancellations in high speed, many of them even having to have spent the night inside a train. The Minister of Transportation, Oscar Puente, has indicated as the cause of the event to an “act of sabotage” for the theft of 150 meters of cable on the Madrid-Sevilla line on Sunday, which has affected the road signaling systems, and later The president of Renfe, Álvaro Fernández Herediahe presented as a second reason the “hook in the catenary” of an Iroo train that left the rest of trains without energy to continue the trip.
A thesis that they do not share from Iryo, which ensures that, when the event occurred, the train was stopped by the slowdown of the traffic that caused the theft of the cables, and that was when the march resumed when the lack of tension in the catenary was detected, they explain sources close to the company. “It is impossible for it to be a hook because for the train to occur, it has to go faster,” other sources in the sector are located.
The event occurred at 21.30 At the height of La Sagra (Toledo) On a train that circulated between Madrid and Malaga (with number 6208), in this sense. Two hours later, the passenger transfer could be made to “a rescue train”, which led travelers to Málaga. Official sources of the company explain for their part “that it is still early to give a technical explanation about the matter.”
Be that as it may, Spain has lived since yesterday a new chapter of the railway chaos, which tries to recover still at this time, with serious delays that will continue throughout the day. Around 12.00, Adif claimed to have the circulation between Madrid and Andalusiaas well as that “the circulation will be progressively normalized.” Adif indicates as a cause of delays to a cable theft between Mora and Urda (Toledo) and does not point to the need to replace catenary as a reason for delays.
As stated by the president of Renfe in X there have been two incidents that have caused the alteration of railway circulation in the corridor Madrid-Andalusia. The first, the theft of cable at four points detected yesterday at 17.44 in the afternoon that allowed to continue circulating “with speed limitation” and for which delays of about 60 minutes were expected. Reason why it was decided to continue with the output of trains; The second, “in an overtime and much posterior way over the above and when the trains already circulated, an Iroo train has had a ‘hook’ dragging the catenary (the line that gives electricity to the train). Solving this is what has stopped the circulation for a while when all trains were already circulating, ”said the leader of the public operator.
For its part, Óscar Puente, has continued to insist on the “sabotage” as the cause of the incident and says that they have finally been five points and not four as thought yesterday, those affected by the roblo of cable, “in access areas through forest tracks between olive trees.” At noon on Monday, the head of the Spanish Ferroviaro System says that the operation is already fully restored, “after a very difficult night for travelers and for Adif and Renfe personnel who have had to act in tremendously complex circumstances.” The Valladolid says that about 70% of the service is already normalized, “with a forecast to reach 100% between 14:00 and 16:00.”
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