In her statements to the media, Raquel Sánchez emphasized: The train is not yet produced, as it is in the “design and definition” stage. about how the trains should be” and in the process “it was realized that there was a mistake between what was defined in the specification clauses and the design that had to be done in the end”.
“Now we are waiting to decide with CAF in the coming months, the company has signed the contract for the production of the trains, how these trains are supposed to be and from there it starts to produce them,” he stressed.
The minister insistedno euro was spent on the production of these trains“Because it wasn’t at that stage yet. He said it wasn’t a coincidence that there was an error in the designs defined in the specification and in the design that trains should finally have, he said. It’s not a coincidence. And this is the design that needs to be defined in the coming months.”
He added: From the moment the design of the trains is determined, a time can be given for the construction of the trains, saying that it will be in the summer.
Raquel Sánchez added: working group to carry out “monitoring of this whole process” trying to shorten production times as much as possible”.
He also recalled that an internal audit was deployed at both Renfe and Adif to “see when this error was detected and take all appropriate action”.
We will use all our material and human resources to resolve this technical error. We are doing everything we can to ensure that Cantabrians and Asturians have these trains as soon as possible.”