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Rodalies crisis leads to a day of mobilizations in Barcelona

User platforms and pro-independence groups take to the streets to denounce the lack of state investment.

A crowd of demonstrators walking down a wide street in Barcelona, holding generic banners.
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A crowd of demonstrators walking down a wide street in Barcelona, holding generic banners.

User platforms and pro-independence entities have called two major protests this Saturday in the streets of Barcelona to denounce the continued collapse of the Rodalies commuter rail network.

After eighteen days of constant incidents on the Catalan railway network, the accumulated discontent is visible today in Barcelona. The organizations point to the lack of structural investment by the State in the system, although the collapse experienced this January has exceeded all forecasts. The turning point was the Gelida accident on January 20, when a retaining wall collapsed, causing the death of a trainee driver.
The crisis has put the spotlight on Renfe and Adif, and has highlighted deficiencies in communication with users. It has also strained relations between the Spanish Government and the Generalitat. The pressure from the opposition on the Minister of Territory, Sílvia Paneque, and the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, has already resulted in the departure of two second-level figures from the respective administrations.
The first mobilization, at noon, was promoted by the Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC) and the Consell de la República under the slogan “Enough! Only way: independence.” This protest seeks to link the collapse of Rodalies directly to dependence on the State. The march started at the Rafael Casanova monument and proceeded to Plaça Sant Jaume.
In the afternoon, at five o'clock, it will be the turn of the demonstration called by user platforms, supported by more than a hundred social and union entities. Under the slogan “No trains, no future,” the mobilization will start from Estació de França, where the Adif control center is located, and will also conclude at Plaça Sant Jaume.

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