A voltage drop in the catenary at La Sagrera station interrupted high-speed train traffic between Barcelona and Girona on Sunday morning.
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According to Renfe, traffic was suspended shortly before 9 a.m. and has affected, so far, two trains: an Avant Barcelona-Figueres, scheduled to depart at 8:07, and a Barcelona-Lyon (France), scheduled to depart nine minutes later.
The Avant stopped at La Sagrera, where the voltage drop in the catenary occurred, with about thirty passengers. The train bound for the French city had to reverse back to Sants.
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Civil Protection explained in a message on social media that rail traffic on the high-speed line between Barcelona and Girona was interrupted due to “lack of electrical voltage.”
The Ferrocat plan has been activated in pre-alert phase. Passengers from both trains have already been evacuated.
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