Delays and service disruptions
Taking the R3 from Rodalies has become an **adventure** since last February 2 the service resumed in the section between Parets del Vallès and la Garriga (Vallès Oriental) after four months of works of Adif. **Delays**, **damages** and **cancellations** of trains are the order of the day and in a few days at least a dozen incidents have been recorded, most of them **related** with breakdowns in the infrastructure and loss of voltage on the tracks
This same Friday, the R3 registered delays of 20 minutes due to a breakdown in Franqueses del Vallès (Vallès Oriental). On Tuesday, another breakdown in Centelles (Osona) left four convoys trapped and forced traffic to be interrupted for an hour
User complaints and concerns
The platforms of users Because they don’t screw us the train and the Association for the Promotion of Public Transport (PTT) have shown their “indignation” at the increase in incidents in recent days and demand that “responsibility” be purged. The two entities remember that the end of the works should have been great news for travelers on the line, who have spent four months depending on the bus service to cover the affected section and connect with Barcelona, it has become a ” nightmare”. “Very important delays” and “constant cancellations”, in addition to an increase in travel time that can range “between 30 and 60 minutes” depending on the time slot, have been a constant. They also charge against the “deficits” caused by the infrastructure, which has a chronic lack of investment. “15 days of disastrous service, full of uncertainties and generator of anxieties and fears for users”, they lament
Requirements of the Department of Territory
The Department of the Territory sent a statement two days ago in which it charges against Renfe and Adif after having detected “11 incidents spread over 6 of the 10 days that the R3 commuter line has restored the circulation of trains in the section between Parets del Vallès and Garriga for the splitting works”. The ministry headed by Ester Capella regretted that these are affects that cause “cuts in circulation and significant delays” and, without saying so openly, Adif pointed out, since “most of the incidents have been related to breakdowns or dysfunctions in the infrastructure”. On February 6 and 7 alone, there were three incidents each day and Territory has demanded “solutions” to reverse a situation that generates a lot of discomfort among travelers (https://esadir.cat/entrades/fitxa/node/recent) .
Likewise, the department has asked Renfe and Adif to be “more prudent” and schedule a “testing period to detect incidents” in view of the cut of the line that must occur in the summer for the second phase of the works in the Parets-Garriga section. In this way, Territory hopes that the railway infrastructure manager and the Spanish operator will be able to “detect incidents in the facilities while the service has not yet been restored”. In the meantime, Territori has joined the R3 line monitoring commission created by Renfe and Adif and in the coming days will convene a meeting with local councils and agents of the territory so that they can receive the relevant explanations from the two companies (https:/ /esadir.cat/entrades/fixa/node/recent).