A “critical act of sabotage” disrupted Spain’s high-speed rail traces, the nation’s transport minister mentioned on Sunday, affecting hundreds of vacationers as transit operators labored to revive regular service.
The disruption was attributable to thefts of cable components on the road between Madrid and Seville, mentioned Oscar Puente, the transport minister. “These incidents are very critical,” he said in a social media publish, including that the Spanish nationwide police power was investigating.
The cable thefts weren’t the one motive for the widespread disruptions, which affected greater than 10,000 passengers, Álvaro Fernández Heredia, the president of Renfe, Spain’s nationwide rail firm, wrote in a post on X.
He additionally blamed a technical difficulty: After the thefts, a prepare additionally “snagged, dragging the overhead energy line,” he wrote in Spanish.
It’s the newest main disruption for Spain, which remains to be reeling from an unexplained electricity outage final week.
By Monday morning, Mr. Puente mentioned in a post on X that high-speed rail service had been restored to 70 % of its regular service, and that it ought to be again to regular by the afternoon.
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