Overview

• President Salvador Illa convened Renfe and Adif at the Palau to demand urgent, structural improvements and to refine a short-term roadmap for Rodalies.
• Authorities confirmed five major interventions: a Gavà–Sitges shutdown on September 22–28 for Castelldefels works, the 16‑month R3 cut now starting October 7, weekend suspensions at Montcada, R11 catenary renewals, and later single‑track operations in the Garraf tunnels.
• The Castelldefels reconfiguration affects roughly 39,000 daily users, with 55 replacement buses offering about 40,000 seats per day; the R3 plan deploys 58 buses with around 43,500 daily seats.
• The R3 start was delayed from September 27 to October 7 to avoid overlapping shutdowns and to secure enough coaches and drivers for the substitute services.
• Context data show a sustained reliability crisis: 693 incidents in 2022–2024 affected 2.4 million passengers, summer saw 249 unexpected incidents and about 1,500 cancellations, and lines R4 and Regional R15 lead the incident rankings; separate road crashes on the C‑32 and AP‑7 have further strained mobility.