Renfe and Adif announce “the return to normality” this Monday after the disaster that has paralyzed half of Spain |

Renfe and Adif have just confirmed that train circulation between Atocha and Chamartín will return to normal starting Monday, so the operation of the itineraries that connect Madrid with the affected provinces will return to normal.

Some 15,000 travelers have been affected by the suspension of 32 trains. The railway company announced this morning that 18 trains were being cancelled. AVE and Intercity with destination or origin in the Valencian Community and a service of High Speed ​​between Murcia and Chamartín. For its part, Ouigo It has also been forced to cut around 50% of its trips on those lines that operate from Madrid Chamartin. The company of French origin has also reported possible delays and time changes in operating trains.

The problems began yesterday, Saturday, when a train Renfe It overturned in the central tunnels of the Madrid network that connect the main stations—Atocha and Chamartín—and, two hours later, an unauthorized person entered the vicinity, threatening to take his own life. Both incidents paralyzed traffic for about two hours when the emergency protocol was activated and the total power cut at the central station.

To the incidents of Renfe those of competing companies are added, Ouigo and Iryowhose trips have also been affected by cancellations and delays. Through a statement, Ouigo has stated that around half of its services have been cancelled, while another considerable part will be affected with delays or change of schedules. Furthermore, the number of autonomous communities affected by these incidents (5) is greater than in the case of Renfe. Madrid, Valencia, Alicante, Elche, Murcia, Cuenca, Albacete, Valladolid and Segovia They will suffer the consequences of this railway chaos since Ouigo operates all these provinces from the Madrid station of Chamartín.

Iryo has reported that this Sunday they will transfer their passengers between Madrid and Alicante, or vice versa, by bus; while for those clients traveling to or from Valencia they will maintain the train journey, but the departure or arrival station will be Atocha. About trains with connecting routes Madrid With the Valencian Community and Murcia, Renfe has stated that 22 trains have been canceled and 26 are running normally. To them we must add the 6 canceled by Ouigo and the 4 by Iryo, for a total of 32 canceled trains.

Renfe relocates more than a thousand travelers

Renfe has indicated that it will reschedule an Alicante-Madrid, with 365 passengers, for which it will activate one of the 106 AVLO services, which will depart at 7:45 p.m. It has also rescheduled two Valencia-Madrid trains, with 444 passengers in total, for 5:42 p.m. and 6:31 p.m.

In addition, Renfe will offer alternative transport guarantees for a Gandía-Valencia-Madrid service, for 265 passengers, at 7:20 p.m.

On this Sunday morning, Atocha began to return to a certain normality after the chaos that appeared with unpredictability. Those who travel to the affected provinces are the ones who have the greatest problems, since, among other issues, many have seen their departure station from Chamartín to Atocha altered. There are cases in which many affected people have had to get a bus to these destinations.

For his part, the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, stated this Sunday in Vigo that the causes of the accident must be investigated “because it is not normal” and that the problem is being “resolved.”