Disastrous weekend for the Spanish railway service. According to the Railway Infrastructure Administrator (Adif), due to an incident the tension has been cut between Puerta Atocha-Gavilanes and Puerta de Atocha-Madrid Sur (Standard Gauge) and in Atocha Cercanías. With this, the Long Distance, Medium Distance and Cercanías trains are stopped until now.
Due to an incident, the tension between Pta has been cut. Atocha-Gavilanes and Pta de Atocha-Madrid Sur (Standard Gauge) and in Atocha Cercanías. LD, MD, and Cercanías trains stopped at stations.
— INFOAdif (@InfoAdif) October 19, 2024
Specifically, the presence of an unauthorized person on the station’s upper walkway has forced train circulation to be cut off, while the railway operator has already activated the emergency protocol for this purpose.
At the request of Security Forces and Corps, the voltage has been cut at the Madrid Puerta de Atocha station due to the presence of a person at an unauthorized access point. Suspended circulation of High Speed, Long and Medium Distance and Commuter trains.
— InfoRenfe (@Inforenfe) October 19, 2024
Shortly before 8:00 p.m. and as a result of the collapse situation, the Cercanías Madrid X account reported the presence of people on the road near the station.
“The trains are suffering delays and prolonged detentions,” the entity added.
This past Friday a new breakdown occurred in Atocha that caused delays and arrests on Renfe lines C3, C4 and C5 at the height of rush hour.
#Cercanías #Madrid #network #paralyzed #due #presence #person #Atocha #tracks
