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Spanish rail service disrupted by deliberate cable removal ahead of major transportation event

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High-speed trains between Madrid and Andalusia have resumed running after a rail network sabotage incident. The theft of copper cables brought the line to a standstill, affecting over 10,000 passengers. This incident occurred on a Sunday evening, coinciding with many people returning home after a holiday weekend, causing significant delays. The Spanish transport minister characterized the incident as "an act of serious sabotage."

  1. ES
    Alberto Nunez Feijoo
    People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
    1. Second Monday with images unbefitting of the fourth largest economy in the eurozone … Spain has to get back to functioning again.
    2. People don't deserve to be paying more taxes for worse services. Spain needs to function again and that's my aim.
    3. Thousands of Spaniards were trapped on trains in the early hours of the morning. Without water. Without anything.
  2. ES
    Óscar Puente
    Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
    1. Whoever did it knew what they were doing because there were no cameras and the financial gain is absolutely negligible compared with the enormous damage.
  3. ES
    Álvaro Fernández Heredia
    Renfe
    1. I do … The theft of signalling cable on which the safety infrastructure depends is sabotage, even if it's just simple theft because it's an attack on the infrastructure itself.
    2. It's strange and I'm sure the transport ministry and the police will be looking into this because it isn't something we've seen up until now.

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.The Times
  3. 3.The Times of India
  4. 4.Associated Press
  5. 5.Cadena SER
  6. 6.El Pais

perspectives

  1. 1.Organized crime
  2. 2.Sabotage
  3. 3.Spain under Pedro Sanchez
  4. 4.Spanish politics

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.SpainES
  3. 3.FranceFR
  4. 4.MexicoMX
  5. 5.PortugalPT

organizations

  1. 1.Renfe
  2. 2.Adif
  3. 3.Administrador de Infraestructuras FerroviariasES
  4. 4.People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
  5. 5.Policía Nacional
  6. 6.Red EléctricaES
  7. 7.Spanish Civil Guard

persons

  1. 1.Alberto Nunez FeijooES
  2. 2.David Chazan
  3. 3.Óscar PuenteES
  4. 4.Richard Spencer
  5. 5.Sara AagesenES
  6. 6.Alberto Valero
  7. 7.Álvaro Fernández HerediaES
  8. 8.Dominic Hauschild
  9. 9.Tom Kington

technicals

  1. 1.Eurozone
Spanish rail service disrupted by deliberate cable removal ahead of major transportation event