The regional authorities in Barcelona announced early this morning that for safety reasons the train companies could not maintain operations on the entire network. Experts should inspect all critical sections of the railway during the day, due to the fear of landslides due to heavy rainfall.
It was later announced that some trains would still run. Online passenger information indicated numerous disruptions and delays.
Local media reported that the number of passengers was lower than usual, given the frequent unreliability of the timetable even under normal circumstances.
In Barcelona, rail services were suspended on Wednesday and Thursday, January 21 and 22, after a local train hit a collapsed retaining wall on Tuesday evening, January 20. The driver was killed in that accident, while dozens of passengers were injured.
The accident happened just a few days after a major train accident in southern Spain in which 45 people died and hundreds were injured, reports DPA.
(Vijesti.ba)
