Puente and Illa meet for the first time after three months of crisis in Cercanías

BarcelonaThe Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, met this morning at first light with the President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, at Palau, to address the situation in which Renfe's commuter service in Catalonia has been immersed since the crisis opened in January, with the accidents in Adamuz and Gelida. This is the first meeting between the two leaders since the railway crisis broke out, almost three months ago. Puente and Illa arranged this meeting by taking advantage of the fact that the minister has been in Barcelona since yesterday because he attended the first edition of the AENA literary awards last night.

the impact of climate change on the railway network. the impact of climate change on the railway network.The train service in Catalonia is still immersed in a series of closures, incidents, and speed limitations derived from the exhaustive review of the system after the Gelida accident on the R4 — in which a trainee driver died — and the storm that affected Catalonia and seriously damaged various points on the network.

the more than 110 trains ordered from Alstom and which have not yet arrived in Cataloniae the agreement with the drivers which has made it possible to recover the full route of the R1 to Maçanet and the R4 between Martorell and Sant Sadurní.

Regarding the more than 110 trains ordered from Alstom and which have not yet arrived in Catalonia, the minister made it clear that the delays are the responsibility of the manufacturer: “This government bought trains for Catalonia, Madrid and the rest of Spain from three different factories. The contracts were signed on the same day, and some are arriving, and others are not,” he asserted.