Bridge-Island Meeting to address the Commuter Rail crisis

BarcelonaThe Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, is meeting at this time with the President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, at Palau, to address the crisis that Renfe's commuter service in Catalonia has been immersed in since the crisis opened in January, with the accidents in Adamuz and Gelida. Puente and Illa arranged this meeting by taking advantage of the minister's presence in Barcelona since yesterday, as he attended the first edition of the AENA literary awards last night. So far, no details of the meeting have been released, nor is any subsequent press conference scheduled.

The meeting takes place two and a half months after the start of the crisis and at a time when the Catalan railway network is still immersed in a series of cuts, incidents, and speed limitations resulting from the exhaustive review of the system after the Gelida accident on the R4 and the storm that affected Catalonia and seriously damaged several points on the network.

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 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 that have not yet arrived in Catalonia, the minister made it clear that the delays are the manufacturer's responsibility: “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.