The service throughout Catalonia this Thursday, two days after the fatal accident in Gelida, despite the announcement by the Generalitat that the service would be recovered this Thursday. The Government warned that there could be incidents, “it will not be an easy day”, but Thursday started with absolute paralysis in the commuter network. At the stations, uncertainty is once again total for travelers and the alternative buses are overwhelmed. In Sants, Barcelona’s main station, no trains leave. What there is this Thursday are informants.
Sources close to Renfe point out that the reason for the lack of service is “operational”, due to the difficulty of placing the trains at the head of the lines, but behind the situation lies the open conflict with the train drivers due to the fatal accident in which a train driver died on Tuesday night. The train drivers have already stated that they do not plan to return to their jobs until they can circulate “with all safety guarantees.”
starting at six in the morning and in a “staggered” manner, after the day of chaos experienced, this Wednesday, after the accident on Tuesday night on the R4 as it passes through Gelida, when a wall collapsed while a convoy was passing, an accident in which the train driver, 27 years old and originally from Seville, died.
The Government already recognized this Wednesday that the Rodalies reactivation day could have complications: “it will not be an easy day” due to the “complexity” of resuming “progressive” activity on the network and because “we are in a complex moment in labor relations”, the Generalitat made progress.
For this reason, explained the advisors of the Presidency, Albert Dalmau, and Territory, alternative transport will be enabled, Railways and intercity buses will be reinforced and the Barcelona Low Emissions Zone will not operate.
