The circulation of trains on the Renfe Cercanías network has been limited to a single track in the Recoletos tunnel during the early hours of this Friday due to the departure of an axis of a Cercanías train at the entrance to the station. from Atocha, sources from the railway company have informed Europa Press.
“As a result of the departure of an axle of a Cercanías train that was traveling on the Airport – Príncipe Pío route, at the entrance to Atocha at 00:50 a.m., it is circulating on a single track on the Atocha – Recoletos section,” it has been reported. Renfe.
The 60 passengers traveling on the train, among whom no injuries have been reported, have had to be evacuated to the Atocha station.
Renfe is already investigating the causes of the event, which has affected Cercanías trains and medium and long distance trains that use the Atocha-Recoletos section, whose circulation is restricted to a single track. In Recoletos, the train frequency will be 15 minutes.
The train service from Guadalajara/Alcalá and Cercedilla will run through the tunnel with a frequency of 15 minutes between Atocha and Chamartín.
Between Villalba and Príncipe Pío, they will begin or end their journey in Atocha with a service of two trains per hour and in each direction. Regarding those coming from the Airport, they will end and begin service at the Chamartín station.
Normal circulation will be provided in the Sol tunnel, as well as on the lines from Móstoles to Atocha and Fuenlabrada-Humanes, from Parla-Atocha and on the Aranjuez-Atocha line.
Likewise, Renfe has established an alternative plan for medium and long distance trains to or from Alcázar de San Juan, Jaén, Almería or Extremadura.
The trains to Jaén or Extremadura will leave Chamartín and will travel along an alternative route to Villaverde Bajo, where the trains will wait for travelers who had originated in Atocha, who will leave on Cercanías to Villaverde Bajo to transfer to get on the train to their destination. destination.
Travelers originating in Jaén, Alcázar de San Juan and Extremadura will arrive at Aranjuez or Leganés, respectively, and there they will transfer to Cercanías trains towards Atocha, with the exception of the Alvia 194 Madrid-Extremadura, which will pass through Recoletos.
Renfe is already reporting through all its communication and customer service channels, and both its technicians and those of Adif are already working to restore normality on both routes.
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