The circulation of high-speed trains between Madrid and Valencia, suspended since last October 29 due to the damage caused by DANA to the railway infrastructure, It will not be resumed this Thursday first thing in the morningas planned. They will begin to circulate, at the earliest, at noon.
This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, this Wednesday afternoon through his profile on X, formerly Twitter: «Attention. Important information. Despite having the infrastructure ready, we are forced to suspend all trains on the Madrid-Valencia high-speed line in both directions that fall within the red alert, that is those who leave before 12.00 PM tomorrow. Depending on the circumstances, we continue to inform.
The reopening of the high-speed service was scheduled for this Thursday, on a first train that was going to leave from Madrid-Chamartín towards Valencia at 7:30 a.m.. The line has been cut for 16 days due to damage caused to the infrastructure by DANA.
At least 11,400 people have been affected every day due to the interruption of service on Renfe, to which another 5,700 daily passengers from Iryo and 4,000 from Ouigo are added.
The Adif and Ministry teams have been working these last two weeks in 24 hour shifts and without interruption (except for weather reasons) to fix the 1.2 kilometers of tracks that disappeared due to the rains on October 29, mainly in the Chiva and Torrent tunnels.
All High Speed train services on the line have also been suspended. Madrid-Málaga and Barcelona-Málaga scheduled for tomorrow, November 14, until at least 12:00 p.m. Traffic will be restored when weather conditions permit.
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