The circulation of Cercanías and Media Distancia in Catalonia has been restored after a three-hour break

Marta AlcázarBarcelona 09/09/2022 08:41 a.m. Updated: 09/09/2022 08:45 a.m. Sants de Barcelona Station NIUS The circulation of Rodalies Renfe and Media Distancia trains has been restored at 8 in the morning this Friday, after no train has circulated in Catalonia for three hours. The public address services announce that the service will recover little by little throughout the morning and that the trains will suffer delays. Renfe calculates that the breakdown has affected some 80,000 people. A breakdown in the Adif telecommunications system between the trains and the França Station has caused the interruption of all traffic, according to Renfe sources. More traffic at the entrances to Barcelona Many travelers have sought alternative means of transport and those who remained in the station lobbies were able to access the platforms a few minutes after 8 in the morning, when the turnstiles opened. The breakdown has caused an increase in traffic on the main access roads to Barcelona, ​​mainly on the C-32, C-16 and C-56. There have also been more queues in the two access rounds to Barcelona in the south direction. The Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez has apologized to the travelers in RAC1 for what happened and has promised an internal investigation. The Vice President of the Government, Jordi Puigneró, has demanded the transfer of Rodalies to the Generalitat and has assured that “people do not want free Renfe tickets, they want the service to work”.