Overview

• President Salvador Illa has called a Tuesday meeting with the heads of Renfe and Adif to demand urgent, structural measures to limit the impact of ongoing works on service.
• An analysis of July and August found 249 unforeseen incidents on the R1, R2 Sud, R2 Nord, R3 and R4 with no day free of problems, alongside about 1,500 train cancellations.
• Train failures were the leading cause over the summer with 166 incidents, followed by 73 infrastructure faults and 20 operational errors, reflecting an aging fleet and stressed network.
• Beyond the multi-year totals, the network lost 420,421 minutes of service (about 291 days) in 2022–2024, incidents jumped to 316 in 2024—up 146% from 2023—and most recorded cases were in Regional services.
• After a two-hour outage at Barcelona’s Estación de França affected five lines, Transport Minister Óscar Puente labeled Rodalies the most deteriorated network and warned disruptions will continue as upgrades and new trains roll out over the next two years.