Renfe has suspended the circulation of High Speed, Long and Medium Distance and Commuter trains in Puerta de Atocha “due to the presence of a person at an unauthorized access point”, as reported by the company, which has cut the tension in the station “at the request of Security Forces and Corps.”
Adif has revealed that the power cut has been carried out “at the request of Firefighters due to the presence of a person who threatens to throw himself onto the tracks from a higher step.” As elDiario.es has learned, this person threatened to jump from the Pedro Bosch bridge, which passes over a dozen tracks at the exit of the Puerta de Atocha Station.
“Due to the presence of people on the track near the Atocha station, the trains are suffering delays and prolonged detentions,” the account had reported shortly before. Cercanías Madrid in X.
This incident has forced train circulation to be cut off, while the railway operator has activated the emergency protocol for this purpose, according to Europa Press.
“Due to an incident, the tension between Pta. Atocha-Gavilanes and Pta. Atocha-Madrid Sur (Standard Gauge) and Atocha Cercanías. “(Long Distance), (Medium Distance), and Cercanías trains stopped at stations”, Adif has also added at 7:47 p.m.
After 9:30 p.m., Firefighters finally authorized the restoration of power and circulation between Puerta de Atocha-Gavilanes and Puerta de Atocha-Madrid Sur, as well as in Atocha Cercanías.
Cercanías Madrid has reported around 10 p.m. that the circulation of trains has already been restored as they pass through Atocha, although they run with delays.
A derailment in the Atocha-Chamartín AVE tunnel
This same afternoon, a train without passengers derailed in the tunnel that connects the Madrid Chamartín and Madrid Puerta de Atocha stations, as reported by Renfe. The incident has forced the suspension of the circulation of High Speed trains that connect the capital with the East of Spain in both directions.
As elDiario.es has learned, the derailment took place at 4:45 p.m. on a high-speed train that was empty and was on its way to the workshop. Subsequently, the trains traveling from Levante to Madrid have been diverted without this affecting circulation. The situation did get complicated when at 7 p.m. a man threatened to take his own life by jumping from the Pedro Bosch bridge.
The railway company has detailed in a statement that the incident occurred due to “an axle exit in the tail unit of an empty material during a maneuver”, Europa Press reports. “The unit was empty and the driver was not injured,” the operator added.
The company had announced through its account in
The Adif information services have announced that the trains that make the journey to Chamartín will temporarily end at the Madrid Puerta de Atocha station. However, this contingency plan has in turn been affected by the Atocha incident.
The incident in Chamartín occurred just one day after a breakdown at the Adif facilities at Atocha station caused delays for three hours on three Cercanías lines.
Shortly before 7:00 a.m. on Friday, a breakdown on the tracks forced the usual route of several trains to be delayed, interrupted or modified.
Source: www.eldiario.es
