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Collboni calls Rodalies crisis "inadmissible" and demands accountability

The Mayor of Barcelona defends his administration's handling and responds to the opposition's criticism regarding his public "absence."

Generic image of a Rodalies train station with passengers waiting on the platform.
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Generic image of a Rodalies train station with passengers waiting on the platform.

Jaume Collboni, the Mayor of Barcelona, publicly assessed the severe Rodalies commuter rail crisis, which has caused six days of disruptions, labeling the situation "inadmissible" and demanding accountability from Renfe or Adif.

After six days of incidents, initially caused by an accident in Gelida and subsequently by technical issues and the storm, the municipal government leader stated that the situation "must never be repeated in the future." Collboni defended the actions of the socialist governments in the Generalitat and Moncloa, asserting that they have been providing information and apologizing to users.
The mayor admitted, however, that there are "structural issues that have not worked and are not working in Rodalies," whether due to Adif or Renfe. The Barcelona City Council, for its part, focused on guaranteeing internal mobility via metro and bus, given the increase in demand, which he estimated to be between 1% and 3%.
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"When all this has been fixed, the responsibilities of those who hold them in Renfe or ADIF, who are the operators of Rodalies, must be cleared up."

Jaume Collboni · Mayor of Barcelona
Regarding criticism from the opposition (Junts, ERC, PP, and VOX) about his supposed "absence" during the crisis, Collboni replied that his team was not focused on "commenting on the play," but rather on contributing to the operational mobility of the city.
He also addressed the controversy generated by an Instagram post over the weekend, where he was seen flipping through a special edition of the fashion magazine Vogue. The mayor downplayed the incident, attributing it to an "error by the communication team that has no further importance."

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