The chaotic morning on the network, with circulation suspended twice in less than two hours, was due to an IT failure at Adif's Centralized Traffic Control (CTC), located at Estació de França. This failure forced trains to stop for safety reasons, and the exact causes are still being investigated by Adif and the technology company Siemens.
“"We do not know what happened today. The breakdown has made things go very badly for us."
These complications follow an unprecedented week of suspensions and incidents, which began with the fatal accident in Gelida, where a trainee driver died after a wall fell onto a train. Macias avoided calling the situation a collapse but admitted that the failure caused a “much slower recovery” than they would have liked.
To compensate for the disruptions, the Government has expanded the interurban bus service offering. Macias also acknowledged episodes of “poor communication” between Renfe, Adif, and the Government, particularly following contradictory announcements about the resumption of service last Saturday.
“"It is not necessary to build so much, so much, and so much, but rather to maintain more, more, and more. If we cannot build so much, let us please be capable of re-establishing a dynamic of maximum dedication to maintenance."
