
The railway operator restores high-speed circulation between Madrid and Levante, while maintaining road alternatives due to the interruption in Toledo
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A train accident in Urda, Toledo, interrupted the high-speed line and caused 69 deaths.
Renfe has reported this Saturday that the service to connect Madrid, Ciudad Real and Puertollano - in which special services were offered due to the interruption of the high-speed line due to the train accident in Urda (Toledo) - is provided "entirely by road" and that high-speed circulation between Madrid and Levante has been restored.
On the one hand, the railway operator points out in a publication on the social network
In addition, the estimated travel times in both directions are about two and a half hours in the Madrid-Ciudad Real connection and about 30 additional minutes in the Ciudad Real-Puertollano connection.
This Friday the company had announced that it was maintaining special transport services to connect Madrid, Ciudad Real and Puertollano via the conventional line, due to the interruption of the high-speed line due to the train accident, which has caused 69 deaths so far.
On the other hand, in another communication through the same social network, Renfe announces that circulation is restored "normally" on both roads on the high speed between Madrid and Levante, after the registered incident has been resolved.
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Road service will continue until November 3
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