The services of AVE, Avlo, Avant and the Cercanías lines C3, C4, C5 and C7 have been interrupted since 7:30 p.m. due to an incident at Madrid’s Atocha station, as Renfe sources have informed Europa Press. Specifically, the presence of an unauthorized person on the station’s upper walkway has forced train circulation to be cut off, while the railway operator has already activated the emergency protocol for this purpose.
According to Renfe sources, the person threatened “to jump onto the tracks. The situation has forced the tension in the station to be cut and the emergency protocol prevalent in these cases has been activated.” Although the chaos persists, at this time police and fire operations were already withdrawing after the man stopped his attitude.
“At the request of the security forces and bodies, the voltage has been cut at the Madrid Puerta de Atocha station due to the presence of a person at an unauthorized access point. “Suspended circulation of high-speed, long and medium-distance and Cercanías trains,” the railway operator added through its information account in X from Cercanías Madrid has reported the presence of people on the road near the station. “The trains are suffering delays and prolonged detentions,” the entity added.
In parallel, Renfe has announced a few hours before that circulation in the AVE tunnel that connects the Atocha and Chamartín stations has been interrupted by a derailment. The railway company has detailed in a statement that the incident occurred due to “an axle exit in the tail unit of an empty material during a maneuver.” “The unit was empty and the driver was not injured,” the operator added. Likewise, Renfe has indicated that this incident is especially affecting the AVE rail traffic that connects Madrid with the east of the country.
As a consequence, the trains end or begin their journey at the Puerta de Atocha station, from which travelers are relocated to a Cercanías shuttle service to Madrid Chamartín, a station from which they will continue their train journey to their destination; However, this contingency plan is being affected by the Atocha incident.
