48 hours after the Minister of Transport, Oscar Bridgewelcomed the fact that “Spain is experiencing the best railway moment in its history” and just 24 hours after the government launched a campaign to encourage the use of public transport, Saints And Atocha They suffered a day of delays, cancellations and crowds, although the two incidents were not linked to each other.
While in Barcelona The incident was caused by a train misalignment, In Madrid, high-speed traffic was interrupted due to a signal failure.
Adif detected the incident in Barcelona early in the morning, at 6:30 a.m., caused by the poor circulation of a train leaving the Can Tunis depots, used by Renfe, in the direction of Barcelona-Sants, despite the fact that the first reports indicated a derailment of a train without passengers.
Many passengers had to change their tickets for trains departing later than originally planned, and some complained that they had not been properly informed about the problems that had occurred throughout the morning at Sants station.
“It’s unbearable,” lamented one Internet user on social networks. The incident was resolved around 2:30 p.m., after the work of technicians from the railway infrastructure manager.
For his part, in Madrid The circulation of AVE trains with origin or destination at Atocha station was interrupted for more than two hours due to a breakdown signaling which caused average delays of 50 minutes.
PP: “Unfortunate”
The PP’s deputy national secretary for Education and Health, Esther Muñozcriticized the ministry led by Oscar Bridge due to the “rail chaos” that occurred this Friday. “No trains, no alternative public transport, no information, nothing. Leaving people completely stranded,” the popular leader wrote on her social networks.
Once again, the Puente railway chaos.
Derailment in Sants at 9am and at 2pm chaos affects the entire northern part. They have not provided any solution.
You call Renfe and they give you wrong information. You arrive at the station and they continue to announce the arrival of trains.… pic.twitter.com/Nbv6N0LTwv
– ESTER MUÑOZ (@EsterMunoz85) September 13, 2024
“The golden moment of the Spanish train, says the minister,” he added. Muñoz was referring to the words spoken by Puente this Wednesday in the Congresswhen, to disdain the criticism from the PP bench regarding the incidents that occurred on trains this summer, he affirmed that our country was currently living “the best moment in its history in Spain”.
This Friday’s episode takes place a day after the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezwill announce the campaign to promote the use of public transport, with a video clip whose lyrics say the following: “If you’re going to move, do it in style; if you do, lambyou might be late.
The words of the video echo the message launched last week by the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezat the opening of the political course. “Regardless of what some people think, Spain will be a better country if there are more electric cars, certainly made in Spain, more public buses and, therefore, more public transport and fewer Lamborghinis“, said.
