The Civil Guard investigates the causes of cable theft in the trains service that joins Madrid with Andalusia. It affected the circulation of more than 30 formations and more than 10,000 passengers were stranded.
Chaos on the morning of this Monday in Spain for the theft of cables in various parts of the railway network that UNE MADRID AND ANDALUCÍA. The trains They stopped working and stopped halfway, leaving more than 10,000 passengers without servicewith cancellations and delays of up to six hours. Óscar Puente, Minister of Spanish Transportation, said it was “sabotage.”
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Theft of cables in Spain affected the trains and left more than 10,000 passengers without service
The Civil Guard of Spain thus opened an investigation into the Copper cable robbery It happened this Sunday in several parts of the province of Toledo, which affected the Railway Network of High Speed Trains that joins Madrid with Andalusia, according to sources from the Spanish Ministry of Interior.
The theft of cables affected the circulation of more than 30 trains formations and harmed more than 10,000 travelers and that the Minister of Transportation, Oscar Puente, has described as “sabotage.”
Both the Civil Guard and the National Police maintain constant contact with both Adif (Railway Infrastructure Administrator) and with the rest of the affected authorities to try to clarify what happened and identify those responsible, they add interior sources.
Both bodies have been active for years keeping a special plan for the prevention of the Cable theft copper. According to the Ministry of Transportation, the Cortes and Cable theft They had occurred in the municipal terms of the Yee (kilometer points 92/850 and 93/600) and Manzaneque (101/400 kilometer points and 102/200).
Source: Ambito
