Ouigo has denied the statements made by the Spanish Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero. She insinuated that the French operator’s trains were behind the serious incident that interrupted traffic on the Madrid-Andalusia high-speed train line for 15 hours on Monday.
The company has publicly defended that its trains did not cause the failure and has reminded that the management and assistance in the event of incidents corresponds to Adif.
Montero, in an informal conversation captured by the media before a meeting with Sumar, suggested the possibility of “sabotage” and pointed to Ouigo’s alleged slowness in removing broken down trains from the track, which affects the rest of the trains.
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However, Ouigo has denied that its trains were the source of the problem and stressed that it was not involved in Monday’s incident, which affected thousands of passengers.
However, industry sources indicate that the Ouigo train before the one that suffered the power failure was experiencing problems that slowed down the other trains.
In any case, before drawing conclusions, it is necessary to await the formal investigation of this incident.