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Valencia Metro Suffers Chain of Power Cuts on Four Major Lines

Service was restored by 11:30 AM after cascading microcuts disrupted four lines, prompting warnings of possible further outages

Apagón en la estación de metro de Benimaclet
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Overview

  • Power cuts began around 9:00 AM and plunged lines 3, 5, 7 and 9 into darkness for more than two hours
  • Stations including Benimaclet, Alameda and Colón lost power as escalators, elevators and teleindicators went offline
  • Passengers evacuated in near darkness using mobile-phone lights after drivers halted trains at affected stops
  • Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat reported full lighting and normal circulation resumed by 11:30 AM and said the network is now stable
  • The incident adds to a spring of grid instabilities across Spain and intensifies calls for infrastructure upgrades and stronger renewable integration