Another train departing from Madrid and stopping at Cáceres – although the journey ended in Huelva – suffered a breakdown yesterday, the third in just 24 hours, which forced the convoy to stop at the Illescas (Toledo) station for more than two hours. The train was due to arrive in Illescas at 10:54, however it did so around 11:15 and was stopped there due to a technical incident due to a mechanical failure, reported from Adif. However, the passengers were told that it was an engine failure that even left the convoy without light.
The train, which left Atocha station in Madrid at 10.18, was due to arrive in Cáceres at 14.14 but did not do so until after 17.00, with almost a three-hour delay, since Adif had to send another train from Madrid to that passengers change at Illescas. Finally, the travelers boarded the new convoy around 1:25 p.m. However, the delay caused another route, in this case the one that covered Badajoz-Madrid, with departure at 8.45 from the capital of La Paz and arrival at 14.11, also suffered a delay of two hours due to rotation issues, they explained from Adif , since the train had to wait for a busy track to be released. In addition to the transfer convoy to Cáceres that left at around 1:25 p.m., Adif enabled another train that left a little before Illescas for passengers whose final destination was Talavera de la Reina, which left at around 1:00 p.m.
On the other hand, Adif did confirm that the planned departure from Mérida – destination Huelva – at 3:22 p.m. took place on time by enabling a new train to avoid accumulating further delays. However, this affected some passengers, the least of course, who were traveling to Zafra or other locations after Mérida on the train that replaced the damaged convoy and …
