The residents of Badajoz F.M, 45, and her mother M.G, 72, bought two train tickets to go to Madrid on Thursday, July 13, leaving at 7:00 in the morning. “First they took us by bus to Mérida because the train was broken and 30 kilometers from Madrid there was a fire in the car. We lay in the sun [with 88 passengers] for more than two hours until the other substitution train came. “They arrived at the Atocha station at almost four in the afternoon, three hours late.” With so much stress My mother fell when she got out of the car and we finished the trip at the Gregorio Marañón Hospital. I want a real train, I don’t want to risk my life every time I take it, “says F.M …
SOURCE: EL PAÍS.COM
The slow journey of the Extremaduran train to the 21st century (EL PAÍS.COM)
