No two without three, no four without five. At least for the so-called “high-speed Extremadura”. this alvia leaving Badajoz at 7:25 am this Thursday, accumulating a delay of more than 60 minutes en route. Madrid with expected arrival time of 11:43. The program, which was also not met on the third day of service: 70 minutes later, it stopped at the Atocha station.
Adif explained to this newspaper that it was due to a “circuit occupancy error”, this time produced 30 kilometers from Cañaveral. well When this is not the case, there is a problem with the signaling that makes it detect that there is an object occupying the path. Faced with this issue, the business claims to have chosen “plan B” when this incident was resolved. continue the journey at a slower pace. why did this happen a delay of more than 40 minutes added to the rest that was the result of an infrastructure problem. In addition, the railroad has already caused a minor five-minute delay from Mérida when passengers board the plane.
They state that there were no problems with the convoy itself from Renfe.
The fault was resolved at 10:15 am, so the train continued to move normally past the Navalmoral de la Mata and should not be delayed further unless there were more incidents.
Five services, five delays
Extremaduran Alvia did not arrive on time for any of her usual services, which started on Tuesday.
Thus, a “human error” in the first log service convoy controller At the San Nicolás fork, on the part from Badajoz to Mérida, he changed the train to the old line instead of the new line, delaying the train by 15 minutes. Returning in the afternoon, the train took 20 minutes. According to the sources cited by this newspaper, it was due to “deficiencies in signs and old roads”. Adif said the delay was due to a problem with other trains not arriving on time and with their cordless phones.
What could be considered slight delays on the first day did not set the alarms off as it did on Wednesday: the railway arrived at Madrid-Atocha station just 60 minutes later than scheduled. Renfe sources say the reason for Alvia’s delay two reasons: first, because train had to make a technical maneuver to separate the two units by circulationDelayed departure from Badajoz, scheduled for 07:25, by 10 minutes. But the biggest delay was due to the second reason: an incident during the journey in the traction of the locomotive this limited the speed of the convoy. This incident affected the return shuttle at 16:38, which left Madrid-Atocha station 20 minutes late. same locomotive traveling from Badajoz to Madrid in the morning, repaired in the capital of Spain. The order of this is affected your departure because it delayed the loading of the train: cafeteria, water and all basic services to prepare it.
Also yesterday Another train considered “fast” was also delayed, Intercity Madrid-Badajoz, which departs from the capital. Spain at 8:50 in the morning. The reason for this delay was a malfunction in the convoy at Navalmoral de la Mata.