Overview
- A medium‑tension Endesa power line fell onto Adif’s overhead catenary near La Rinconada, Seville, causing a fire and an immediate loss of traction power that stopped high‑speed, medium‑distance and Cercanías trains.
- More than twenty trains were stopped or delayed and one train required an on‑track transfer to evacuate passengers while some late services were cancelled, with local police and Cruz Roja reporting around 800 people affected in Córdoba.
- Firefighters extinguished the track fire and technical crews from Endesa and Adif worked through the night to remove the fallen cable and repair significant catenary damage, allowing Renfe to report full restoration of services the next morning.
- Renfe offered free ticket changes and cancellations and operators arranged bus replacements as emergency teams handled passenger safety and station assistance during the outage.
- The episode has intensified scrutiny of network reliability because the cable belongs to Endesa not Adif, and it comes during a week of separate high‑speed corridor faults that have increased political and public complaints about infrastructure resilience.