The Catalan railway service began a progressive and partial recovery on Tuesday, although delays of up to 30 and 45 minutes were reported at the Barcelona-Sants station on lines R1, R2, and R4, and cancellations in the Girona area. Santano detailed that the failure occurred in state-of-the-art software installed only three months prior, ruling out sabotage or a cyberattack.
The Minister of Territory and spokesperson for the Catalan Government, Sílvia Paneque, offered self-criticism regarding the communication operation during the peak crisis days, although she ruled out resignations from the Generalitat. Paneque stated that she aims to overcome the emergency and return the service to "normality" by next Monday.
“"It is not our place to evaluate these dismissals, nor have we put forward proposals. We will be satisfied when Rodalies works."
Paneque also distanced herself from the dismissals of two senior Adif and Renfe officials announced the previous day, including Adif's Director General of Operations, Raúl Míguez Bailo, and Rodalies' Operational Director, Josep Enric García Alemany. Furthermore, she rejected the criminal legal action suggested by Junts per Catalunya against the operators.
The President of Adif, Luis Pedro Marco, explained that a software patch has been installed to ensure the incident does not recur while a new update is developed. Adif is implementing the new RTMS Nivel 2 traffic management system on lines R1, R2, and R4, which is expected to provide "greater reliability to the network."
Renfe's spokesperson in Catalonia, Antonio Carmona, indicated that the service started as planned, with a similar offer to the previous day, deploying 150 road vehicles and 700 informers. Renfe activated free travel via subscription, offering a free 10-trip pass.
