The number of passengers trapped in the cars or stations for the delays and cancellations of numerous trains caused by the theft of copper cable in the high speed Madrid-Sevilla has been increasing throughout the night.
As reported by Renfe They are, at least, the 30 affected trains with 10,700 travelers who have been paralyzed or have arrived with a delay to their place of destination. Some of the paralyzed trains on the tracks began to circulate at 2:30 in the morning after hours without light or drink.
In addition, the trains with an exit from Andalusia before 8.00 “will be affected by considerable delays.” Regarding the departures of Madrid, Renfe has asked trains travelers to Toledo, Puertollano and Andalucía before 8 that do not appear at the Puerta de Atocha station due to agglomerations.
Cable theft
Cortes for the theft of cable in four points in the province of Toledo mainly affect the trains that link the capital with Andalusia as well as other destinations such as Toledo, reports EP.
Cable theft was detected at 17:45 on Sunday, in full operation of the May bridge In the municipal terms of the Yébenes (kilometer points 92/850 and 93/600) and Manzaneque (101/400 and 102/200 kilometer points), “affecting the signaling facilities of the line, which is causing delays in the service.”
Despite the incidence, Several trains left from their place of origin, being trapped in the tracks, as they have denounced numerous passengers affected.
Among the passengers trapped in the trains was César Cadaval, a member of the Morancos, which has been taken with humor the incidence and has not hesitated to improvise a song “The train stops and turns away from Madrid to Seville. What time we are going to arrive, that the Renfe says … they will know”
On the other hand, the president of Renfe, Álvaro Fernández Heredia, has announced that the company will delay on Monday an hour the high-speed trains of the Madrid-Sevilla and Madrid-Toledo lineboth ways, to facilitate repair work in the early morning.
Heredia explained that Renfe has annulled the latest high-speed trains outings of the Madrid Atocha-Almudena Puerta station “Great” to facilitate the arrivals of the accumulated trains “
The president of RENFE has specified that, in addition to the problem of cable robbery, An Iryo train “has had a hook in the catenary”, so it has had to be “transfined and retired”.
“Paralyzed trains begin to circulate,” he announced after pointing out that this incident was “the cause of trains that have run out of energy.”
Heredia has pointed out that the company “continues to report on each train of the arrival estimates” and has defended that they have tried to distribute the stocks of each train, in addition to notifying taxis in the arrival stations. He has also announced that there will be nearby trains from Atocha and the station will remain open.
Finally, he pointed out that Renfe is preparing special trains to take people whose exits have been canceled or will be delayed And, from this, it is reported by SMS and emails to traveling people. Subsequently, the company has indicated that the forecast is that affected travelers be relocated to other services from 7.00.
Meanwhile, Renfe has opened the Club Salas, where he has enabled food, drinks and orders; And he has reserved 220 hotels for people traveling with minors, older and travelers with special needs.
He has also established an alternative road transport plan for the Avant Madrid 22:15 – Puertollano 23:37 and will reinforce the Cercanías service, which will remain operational during the night, and will have a special train at 3.30 pm to Chamartín, Alcalá de Henares, Móstoles, Parla and Fuenlabrada.
Previously, the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Oscar Puente, had denounced “a serious sabotage act” on the high speed Madrid-Sevilla linewith cable robberies at different points, so he has assured that the Civil Guard is already investigating these facts that he considers “very serious.”
Through X, the minister explained that there have been four cable robberies at different points in a radius of 10 kilometers and that “they are the security systems of the line amount to 30 the trains affected with 10,700 travelers due to the theft of cable on the Madrid-Sevilla line