Travelers of two medium-distance trains for the Madrid-Cáceres route arrived yesterday with a two-hour delay at the station. In both cases due to breakdowns that forced the trains to be replaced. The passengers of the train that left Madrid at 14:43 arrived at 20:25, when they should have been at the station at 18:55. A few hours later the same thing was repeated. The train that was due to leave Atocha at 18.27 did not do so until 20.10. His initial arrival time in Cáceres was at 22:45, but at 23:00 he was driving through Monfragüe. Renfe explained yesterday that in both cases there were “mechanical failures” that forced the trains to be changed.

The first one left Madrid normally, but when he arrived at the Villaverde Alto station, the travelers had to be asked to get off and after an hour of waiting they got on another train, the second was in Madrid where the retention occurred. After a first inspection of the train and checking that the fault could not be solved, it was decided to put another one. From Renfe it was recalled that passengers on all trains arriving more than sixty minutes late are entitled to a 100% refund of the ticket price. The route of the two convoys ended in Cáceres …

SOURCE: EL PERIÓDICO EXTREMADURA.COM

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