A new technical incidence has affected Friday night to the Madrid-Andalusia AVE line. A total of 14 high -speed trains and two medium distance have been affected by “a breakdown in the traffic regulation center”as Adif explained to The Objective. The public company in charge of the rail networks has specified that the problem has occurred between the Cordoba towns of Hornachuelos and Villanueva. Some convoys have stopped more than an hour and accumulate strong delaysaccording to some travelers affected to this newspaper.
The breakdown has occurred at 8:40 p.m. and Adif says it has repaired at 9:12 p.m., but the trains that circulate along the line have continued to support stops during the journey and delays of at least an hour and a half, as travelers report. This new incidence has occurred in a day of great intensity of traffic between Madrid and Andalusia because this weekend the April Fair of Seville is celebrated.
The incident arrives after the railway chaos last Monday, when an alleged “sabotage” (in government words) in the wiring system of the Madrid-Seville route He left 10,700 passengers stranded between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. The event, described by Oscar Puente, interrupted the usual operation of 30 trains.
-The vandalisms were located in the municipalities of Los yébenes y Manzaneque“Affecting the signaling facilities of the line, which is causing delays in the service.” The minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility denounced “an act of serious sabotage” on the AVE Madrid-Sevilla line, pointing to multiple cable robberies. The Civil Guard maintains an open investigation.
The minister explained that four robberies were produced in different locations, all within a radius of 10 kilometers, affecting “the security systems of the line.” «The affectation to the trains that are still to circulate will be very serious. And we will barely have two hours since we finish today to repair it, ”he said.
Puente insisted that the Civil Guard already works to clarify the facts. «If someone can offer information, all possible collaboration is appreciated. These facts are very serious, ”he reiterated. In relation to the Iryo train that was arrested, he expressed his desire that “now progress is made faster and concluded the operation.”
