On Sunday, more than 10,000 passengers in Spain experienced serious disruptions after being stolen from several points in the province of Toledo and a train underwent a technical fault.
Travelers counting on more than 30 trains between Madrid and Seville have been affected. Many returned from trips during the weekend of bank holidays.
The Minister of Transport óscar Puente described the incident as “a serious sabotage act” and called on the public to help those responsible.
The president of the Madrid community, Isabel Díaz Ayutso, claimed This Spain suffered from a “daily calamity”, seeming to link the travel delays to the historic power out of last week.
The disturbance lasted several hours, with the Renfe customer service team to update commuters on Monday morning, which trains for Madrid and Andalusia began to operate at 9:48 am. “The service should return to normal throughout the day,” said Inforenfe on X.
Renfe president, Álvaro Fernández de Heredia, said that a train’s technical fault was responsible for the majority of delays, rather than cable theft.
The flight, detected around 5:45 p.m., was initially located between the municipalities of Toledo de Mora, Organz and Urda. The Ministry of Transport then confirmed that the damage was concentrated between Los Yebenes and Manzaneque, affecting the signaling installations of the railway line and causing significant delays in long distance, high speed and avant-garde trains.
Fernández de Heredia said the last 10 assigned trains should be restored at 2:30 a.m. on Monday, repair work continuing overnight. The Guardia Civil investigation of the incident, which involved four different incidents within a radius of 10 kilometers.
The passengers affected criticized that an alternative had not been organized in front of the passengers on board trains to prevent them from spending hours trapped in the cars, and many complained to be left in the darkness of the situation.
Some passengers have also complained to be trapped for hours without food or adequate water supplies.
A technical problem has worsened the situation
In addition to the cable flight, Fernández de Heredia said that a “hook” in airlines by an IRYO company has worsened the situation. This caused new disruptions after the trains started to move at low speed after sabotage.
Early Monday morning, President Renfe replied Critics affected on social networks, clarifying the role of two distinct questions. He said that cable theft only caused delays up to an hour and blamed the technical fault affecting the IRYO train for long disturbances suffered by passengers beyond.
Monday morning, high -speed services between Madrid and Seville and between Madrid and Toledo underwent hourly adjustments, with delays up to one hour over the repair work.
The Ministry of Transport reiterated its commitment to work closely with the authorities to investigate the issue and prevent other similar incidents.
