“They left us thrown and no response“We have been standing for four hours on a 400-passenger commuter train, with the aisles full of people.”
In this speech, a Pamplona resident recalls what the return journey was like for a train that left at 9:05 a.m. on Sunday and was expected to arrive in Pamplona at 1:05 p.m., from where it continued its journey towards Oviedo. The train finally reached the Navarrese capital without incident at around 4.20pm. A young man is arrested in the middle of a journey sexual assaultthreats and disruption of public order.
This passenger describes how the train’s catenary broke down before Zaragoza, causing them to be devastated. standing for two hours with doors closed, no air conditioning and no lights. “The worst thing is that there is no protocol to manage emergency cases, there is no information and the management of the crisis is terrible,” he decried.
When they arrived at Delicias station, Navarra passengers were told to get off, go to another platform and another train would take them to their destination. Of course, they were not informed that the Cercanías cars were already full.
“By that time, too many people were already overwhelmed, even many young people were empathetic and gave way to the elderly. However, I noticed a girl next to me who got sick and started having an anxiety attack; Meanwhile, another woman passed me to call the security guard due to an argument with a young man in the next car. A boy had grabbed the top bar and raised his legs to the height of the two girls so they could rub each other.. “He started insulting us, shouting that he was from Hamas and that he was going to kill us all.”
During, The girl had an anxiety attack and lost consciousness. “Several doctors attended to him, and the victims of the attack got into our car. They arrived, shivering. The guard notified the Civil Guard, and the attacker locked himself in the bathroom. Four agents and another took him out. After being trapped for an hour, the prisoner was eventually taken to the barracks, and the young woman who was cared for began to recover.
After such an ordeal, the crossing continued to Pamplona station, where the end of the disembarkation unnerved many. This Navarrese traveler recalls that there were so many people waiting at the stops that it was difficult to even leave the station. “It might have taken me half an hour to get out of there.. There were so many people waiting for delayed trains that it was impossible to go anywhere. “It was a wild ride.”