EFEMadrid
01/07/2023 7:10 p.m.
Queues in Atocha, in an EP file picture
The incident passed off on the Torrejón de Velasco fork. The delay was brought on by the winding of a sheet metallic from the practice itself. Renfe had initially pointed to a stone fall because the supply of the issue.
The winding of a sheet on the peak of Torrejón de Velasco (Madrid) of the AVE 2100 that left the capital at 10:00 am for Seville is inflicting delays in rail site visitors, together with some high-speed trains ( AVE) on the Andalucía and Levante strains, whereas work is being finished to right the incident.
Although Renfe had initially pointed to a rockfall because the supply of the issue, sources from its communication workplace have reported that what has triggered the stoppage of the convoy has been the winding of a plate from the practice itself.
The confusion, the identical sources have defined, is because of the truth that there was a landslide at one other level on that street however with out inflicting any incident.
The incident passed off on the Torrejón de Velasco fork, site visitors was decreased to a single observe and the AVE 2100 from Madrid to Seville was pressured to cease, carrying 250 passengers who needed to wait for an additional practice to reach. to proceed the journey.
This accident has triggered delays in different trains, together with a second AVE from Madrid to Seville; one other that joins Seville with Barcelona; a Madrid-Málaga and an Avlo from Madrid to Valencia, based on sources from the Renfe press workplace.
After 5:30 p.m., work was nonetheless being finished to unravel the incident and it’s anticipated that there will probably be delays till regular circulation is restored, the identical sources have added.