The circulation of high-speed trains originating from or arriving at Madrid station Atocha was interrupted this Friday for more than two hours due to a signaling failure that caused an average delay of 50 minutes, as Renfe sources informed EFE.
Due to infrastructure failure, high-speed trains AVE, AVLO and AVANT with the origin and destination Madrid Puerta de Atocha experience delays of approximately 40 to 60 minutes.
Traffic was interrupted around 1:00 p.m., preventing the entry and exit of high-speed trains to Puerta de Atocha station, and after the fault was corrected at 3:25 p.m., the affected convoys gradually recovered their frequencies, according to Adif, the Administrator of Railway Infrastructures (Adif), a public commercial entity attached to the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda.
Due to an infrastructure failure, the AVE AVLO and AVANT high-speed trains to and from Madrid Puerta de Atocha are experiencing delays of approximately 40 to 60 minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience.
– InfoRenfe (@Inforenfe) September 13, 2024
As reported by Adif in its X account, delays were specifically recorded on the high-speed line Madrid-Seville due to an incident affecting signaling.
In turn, between the high-speed trains from Madrid Puerta de Atocha, the AVE to Seville at 13:00, the AVANT to Puertollano at 13:15, the AVE to Marseille at 13:25 and the AVANT to Toledo. at 13:45 Those affected to the Puerta de Atocha station in Madrid were the AVANT to Toledo at 13:00, the AVE to Seville at 10:39, the AVLO to Barcelona at 10:00, the AVANT to Puertollano at 12:25; the AVLO to Malaga at 10:48 and the AVANT to Toledo at 13:34.
Renfe sources explained to EFE that this incident This has nothing to do with what happened this morning in Barcelona.with damage to the standard gauge track between the Can Tunis depots, used by Renfe, and Sants station in Barcelona due to the faulty circulation of a convoy that caused the cancellation of some convoys and general delays.
