A Ouigo train came to a halt on the morning of Thursday 29 October in a tunnel in Aranjuez (Madrid), on the Madrid-Levante high-speed line, according to El Nacional and La Voz del Sur. A passenger quoted by La Gaceta, as reported by El Nacional, put the stop at around 09:53.
At 11:18 Ouigo confirmed a “snag with the overhead line” with no injuries and transferred the passengers to another train to continue to Madrid-Chamartín, according to El Nacional. Adif attributed the delays to trains between Madrid and the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia to a pantograph and overhead line incident between Valdemoro and Villarrubia de Santiago, according to La Voz del Sur and 7 Televalencia.
Passengers said on social media that they waited inside the carriages, at times without lighting and with the heat rising, according to El Nacional, La Voz del Sur and 7 Televalencia. 7 Televalencia reported delays to other trains, including an AVE Valencia-León service running about 60 minutes late.
Sources disagree on the train's route: some describe it as Alicante-Madrid and others as Murcia-Valladolid with stops in Alicante and Elche. The number of passengers, the time they spent in the tunnel and the cause of the snag have not been officially published.
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