Train Hit by Tree and Landslide
About 100 passengers were transferred safely after the collision, while drivers demanded written safety reports before trains resumed on storm-hit lines.
- On Tuesday October 6, a train carrying around 100 passengers struck a fallen tree and landslide near Vilanova, south of Barcelona, as torrential rain swept across Catalonia. Emergency crews safely transferred all passengers without injury.
- The drivers' union, SEMAF, refused to operate trains this Wednesday October 7, demanding written technical reports confirming infrastructure safety before services resumed. The union insisted, "without a report, trains cannot run."
- Rodalies Director Óscar Play rejected safety concerns, insisting infrastructure is sound and labeling the strike a result of "labour disputes," while Adif technicians maintained the network was already safe to reopen.
- The service suspension caused major disruption across Catalonia, particularly on the R1 line, as Rodalies warned that replacement buses could not accommodate the volume of passengers traveling on Wednesday October 7.
- Underlying these safety demands is a conflict over the planned transfer of Rodalies to the Catalan regional government, with drivers rejecting the change and preferring to remain under state operator Renfe's management.
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The network faces several simultaneous impacts, including the lack of circulation in the R1 and the gradual recovery of service on other lines.
The director of Rodalies defends that it is a "work conflict" and ensures that the network is safe after the rains New day without trains in Catalonia. Rodalies has informed this Wednesday morning that the service "does not work for other people's reasons", without giving more details. In fact, the drivers have stood up and refused to drive convoys. "We are facing a labor conflict, we are not facing a problem of security in the infrastructure be…
It is recommended to look for alternative transport and Protecció Civil informs that “it is pending the adaptation work carried out in the infrastructure”
No Service Throughout the Rodalies Network Due to the Refusal of the Drivers to Move After the Storm
Renfe recommends users search for alternative means of transport Live Last hour of torrential rains and their effects in Barcelona
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