Disaster is a word that falls short to define the railway landscape in Extremadura. Yesterday it happened again: a train from Madrid broke down and the travelers arrived three hours late to Plasencia and by bus. It is the third event in less than 24 hours, which also caused the train from Badajoz to Madrid to arrive two hours and 25 minutes late.
The travelers consulted by TODAY were yesterday desperate and irritated by the number of incidents they suffer in this line. Many of them are forced to travel with Renfe due to the disconnection of the region with Madrid, with “hellish” bus schedules, as Sonsoles Tena described yesterday. She experienced the second delay yesterday in three weeks. For Miguel Sánchez it is also the second time. “It happened to me last month, too, but no warning.”
The train in which both traveled passed through Extremadura to Huelva, and stopped at Plasencia, Cáceres, Mérida and Zafra. He was stopped for two hours at the level of Illescas (Toledo) due to an engine failure. This was explained by the reviewer to travelers with a loud voice passing through the wagons. The vehicle left Madrid at 10.18 and stalled at 11.15. Among the complaints of the train occupants was the lack of information. “Renfe is saying things on Twitter, but there are many older people here who neither have an account nor know what that is,” he stressed …
