Officials say that the theft of cables in Spain disrupts the travel of the train for thousands

Officials said that more than 10,000 people had been left to be cut off in Spain after the cable theft along the train and a technical case that disrupted the high -speed rail travel on Sunday and Monday.

It was the latest ordeal for Spain, which still suffers from a power failure Last week, one of the worst in the last European history. The reason for obfuscation is still clear.

Oscar Bente, Minister of Transport, described the theft as a “dangerous act of sabotage” in A. Social media yet.

Mr. Pente said that the Spanish National Police Force was investigating thefts In five sites On the separation line between Madrid and Khatil. He said they were partially responsible for the large -scale travel interruption on Sunday, which was observed on Mother’s Day in Spain.

It was not clear who stole the cables, and why, but Mr. Puente described the episode as a “low -value cable” that is more likely to cause ruin.

“Whoever does that knows what they are doing because there were no cameras, and the financial gain is hardly not fully mentioned compared to the enormous damage,” Mr. Pente I told the broadcaster Kadina Sir In Spanish on Monday.

“It is a fairly coordinated work”, ” He said “Today to arrive today”.

Mr. Pente said In a post on x On Monday morning, high-speed rail service should return to normal by the afternoon-almost a full day after reporting the stealing cable.

The stealing cables that occurred Before 6 pm. On Sunday, it was not the only reason for the disturbances, Falvaro Fernandez Heridia, President of Renf, wrote the National Railways Company in Spain, On x.

Mr. Fernandez Heridia also blamed a technical case in this situation, which he said affected more than 10,000 passengers.

After thefts, a “stumbling, pulling the upper power line”, ” Written in Spanish. He added that the train movement had stopped when the problem is solved.

The successive challenges left the passengers who were cut off in the stations and besieged on the trains for hours, just as the passengers were through Wide power outage Last week.

Eins Sanchez, a high school teacher who lives in Madrid, said she is stuck in a 10 -hour train. Mrs. Sanchez, 37, was supposed to return from a trip from Seville hours ago, at 10 pm, but she did not arrive until 6 am, and went to work as soon as shower and change.

“This morning I was studying like a coma.”

Javier Santos, 31, who was working in quality in Madrid, was returning to their homes from a trip to Hilva, on the southwestern coast of Spain, with friends when the train suddenly stopped. Initially, he wrote in a direct letter on X, they were told that they would be stopped for only 30 minutes.

But soon, with the start of news reports on the turmoil, they realized that they were likely to be on the train for hours. Mr. Santos said that the passengers flooded the bar, and the products soon began to sell. He soon became clear that he will be absent from Mother’s Day dinner with his parents and brother.

“I felt endless,” wrote.

His train arrived in Madrid at approximately 11:30 pm, about eight hours after his departure, on a trip that usually takes about four or five hours. For him, the ordeal felt a sign of a wider national challenge.

“In my view, they say that what happened yesterday was due to copper theft in many sites, but the reality is that there is not enough investment in infrastructure,” Mr. Santos wrote, adding: “Spain’s debts continue to rise, yet we do not see improvements in people’s daily lives.”