On the eve of the August bridge, the Delicias de Saragossa has suffered on Tuesday, August 12, delays in up to eight trains high speed, with 50 -minute delays, as reported Adif, although up to three hours in some cases. The incidence, which has affected key connections such as the Madrid-Barcelona line, has been caused by a fire near the infrastructure between the Prat of Llobregat and Gelida, already extinguished, which has forced to circulate through a single route in a section near Calatayud, generating a “bottleneck” and the alternate passage of the convoys.
Zaragoza Delicias Station screen showing delays in up to eight high -speed trains. Photo: ad
Among the hundreds of affected people was Lucia, who was traveling to Barcelona on a Renfe train scheduled for 13.46 hours. “I have arrived with enough time at the station and, when they consult the screens, I have seen that my train appeared with an estimated one -hour delay, with an exit scheduled at 14.42 hours. Not only mine, other trains were also affected,” said AragonPress.
Wait between heat and agglomerations
The megaphony reported the incidence and the fire already extinguished, but the exit hours were changing. “Finally we have left at 2:49 p.m. and in the application it appears as 15.16 hours. They are saying that from Calatayud there is a single train track and, as a bottleneck is formed, they pass from one to one the previous ones that also carried delay,” said Lucía.
The wait has not been easy. “I am hot, there is no air at the station and there are many people waiting. We are overcrowded as chickens,” he described. Lucia, who had changed her ticket to travel a day before for fear of other incidents, has been relieved not to put the flight she has tomorrow at risk.
Adif, direct contact with travelers
From ADIF they have indicated that each affected traveler has been directly informed through the application of Renfe or by email. On its website, the rail manager has confirmed that the circulation has already been restored and that the delays have affected a total of eight trains, with delays that in some cases have exceeded the average 50 minutes.
The Madrid-Barcelona high-speed line N has been the only one affected in the Peninsula. Another fire in Galicia with several spotlights maintains the circulation between Ourense and Taboadela, affecting both high-speed trains that circulate between Madrid and Galicia and those who take the Santiago de Compostela-Ourense route. The heat wave and the multiple fires that ravage Spain They are putting the railways in the holiday season.
