He Black Sunday in which it has become on May 4, with about thirty trains affected by delays of several hours as a consequence of sabotage in the AVE road at Toledo, putting in check the rail connections with Andalusiaextends to Monday, May 5.
However, the work carried out during the early morning has already allowed the service. Specifically, according to data published by RENFE, At 9:48, trains and Andalusia destination have begun to circulate. “Throughout the day the service will tend to normalize,”
Remember that hours before, from the company they had warned that all Scheduled departures from Andalusia before 08:00 hours were going to be affected by “considerable” delays. Even the Railway Infrastructure Administrator (ADIF) asked travelers not to appear at the Atocha station before 08:00 hours “due to the number of affected trains and in order to avoid agglomerations.”
A family awaits in the María Zambrano station in Malaga the resumption of the high speed service this Monday after the theft of cable in four points in the province of Toledo that has left thousands of affected passengers.
EFE/Jorge Zapata
Sample of the impact of the incidence that has been enough to say that there are trains that have accumulated higher delays of up to six and a half hoursbeing scheduled to arrive at destination at about 05:00 in the morning of this Monday. Throughout the day, there have been at least 30 trains affected, with 10,700 travelers.
In the last update made by the railway company on its website, it was required, at about 03:30 in the morning of this Monday, that the trains affected by sabotage are:
- Ave Málaga 17:55 – Barcelona 23:59 circulates with +265 ‘. Arrival forecast at 04:22 hours.
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Alvia Cádiz 16:15 – Madrid Pa 20:55 Arrival at destination with 394 ‘.
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Alvia Algeciras 15:52 – Madrid Pa 21:20 Arrival at destination with 362 ‘.
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Avlo Sevilla 18:55 – Madrid 21:52 detained in Urda with +313 ‘. Previous arrival time 04:00.
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Ave Málaga 18:50 – Madrid 21:59 detained in Urda with +314 ‘. 04:10 forecast.
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AVE Sevilla 19:33 – Madrid 03:40
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Interity Sevilla 19:25 – Madrid 22:23 circulating in Malagón with +341 ‘. Previous arrival time 04:40.
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AVE Madrid 21:05 – Sevilla 23:57 detained in C. Real with +292 ‘. Previous arrival time 04:50 hours.
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Ave Málaga 20:05 – Madrid 23:04 detained in Urda with +260 ‘. Expected arrival time 04:30 hours.
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Avant Puertollano 21:32 – Madrid 22:54 detained in Urda with +260 ‘. Expected arrival time at 04:20.
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Avlo Sevilla 20:54 – Madrid 23:50 circulated at 2213 Ave Málaga 21:20 – Madrid 00:04 with +263 ‘by Ciudad Real. Expected time of arrival at 05:00 hours.
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The commercial services Ave Madrid 20:35 – Málaga 23:35 and AVE Madrid 21:05 – Sevilla 23:57 have not extended.
He Minister of Transportation, Óscar Puentedenounced what happened as a product of an “act of serious sabotage”, with four cable robberies at different points within a radius of 10 kilometers.
From the Railway Infrastructure Administrator (ADIF) It is informed in their networks that organism technicians continue with the replacement work of the stolen material and the repair of the faults produced. For this reason, the circulation in the line is suspended and trains will not leave from Madrid before 8 or from Seville before 7.
