An incident in a catenary seems to be the cause of a two-hour stop that has left just over 200 passengers on the Alvia train Barcelona-Salamanca standing in full sun, at about 40 degrees, in the Burgos town of Santa Olalla de Bureba, about 20 kilometers from the capital.
Renfe sources have attributed the failure to a voltage drop on the line that has left the convoy without service, which has not only been stopped in the middle of the field, but also You have lost your air conditioning.
According to two train travelers, the doors have remained closed initially, trying to preserve the coolness of the remaining air conditioning, but they finally opened and were able to get out for a breath.
Civil Guard agents arrived at the scene of the incident to control the situation and precautions were taken to distribute water to the most vulnerable people waiting to receive supplies.
The company informed the travelers that they would be transferred to other forms of transport, mainly to Burgos, although the first option was that a train could pick them up to continue with the journey.