Those affected denounce that they haven’t been capable of eat, since upon arrival in Madrid they’ve been left “locked up and the lights of the convoy have been turned off” The prepare needed to arrive at Sants station at 2:15 p.m. In addition to this, 8 extra trains have been affected by the breakdown that occurred between Ametlla and Hospitalet dels Infants
The passengers of the prepare that this morning, at 9.20, left Alicante for Barcelona-Sants didn’t know that their journey was going to final about 12 lengthy hours, since on account of “a breakdown on the monitor”, as reported The affected vacationers have been stored within the convoy till an answer is discovered “with out with the ability to eat and in horrible circumstances”, in accordance with some witnesses.
It is informed by José Manuel Camacho, one of many 300 passengers on this prepare that was scheduled to reach in Barcelona at 2:15 p.m. According to this witness, on the peak of Valencia the car has stopped and has been standing there for an hour. When they resumed their march, they have been knowledgeable that they have been going to Madrid and as soon as there, they have been informed that passengers sure for Barcelona needed to stay of their seats.
“Locked up and with the lights off”
It was at that second that they have been left “locked up, with out realizing the rest and with the lights off,” says José Manuel, who has denounced the delay earlier than the media, exhibiting pictures of the “horrible circumstances” during which he was discovered. the prepare. “The bogs are full and there’s a lot of rubbish,” he says.
“We haven’t been capable of eat both, as a result of arriving in Madrid the prepare restaurant has run out of sandwiches or something to eat,” he factors out, whereas denouncing the intense scenario skilled within the convoy, as a result of anger and misinformation in direction of the passengers who even , have suffered from claustrophobia.
The 300 trapped vacationers have lastly left Madrid at 5:40 p.m., on the identical prepare that they took early this Wednesday, and they’re anticipated to lastly arrive in Barcelona round 9:30 p.m., after 12 lengthy hours of journey .
For its half, Renfe has confirmed the incident on account of a breakdown between Ametlla and Hospitalet dels Infants. The railway firm has informed this newspaper that the road has been lower from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and “different plans have been established to get to Barcelona”, in reference to the prepare that continues to journey to Barcelona station right now. In addition to the convoy from Alicante, eight different trains have additionally been affected.