An electrical incident on the León-Campomanes section causes delays in the Madrid-Asturias trains

An incident in the electricity supply is causing delays in the high-speed trains that circulate between Madrid and Asturias, as reported this Monday by Adif on its profile on the social network X.

According to the communication from the railway infrastructure manager through its INFOadif account, the delays are concentrated in the section between León and Campomanes. The reason is an electrical breakdown on the Asturias-Castilla y León-Madrid line that directly affects circulation between both communities.

Among the affected trains is the one that left from Gijón at 5:58 a.m., which was completely stopped around 7:10 a.m. just one kilometer from Campomanes. The unit remains stopped for more than four hours on a viaduct located just before the entrance to the Pajares tunnel.

There are 368 passengers on board the train, including two people with reduced mobility. The long wait generates moments of tension among travelers: "There was a lot of anger because people were going to miss flights, other connecting trains and commitments," said Sara Álvarez, one of the affected passengers from inside the convoy.

Among those affected were two Venezuelan passengers who were scheduled to arrive in the capital to take a flight with boarding scheduled at 12:00 p.m., but they will not arrive on time at the Barajas airport.

Although Civil Guard agents informed the passengers that a train would be sent to tow them one kilometer back to the Campomanes station, the maneuver, initially scheduled for 10:00 a.m., did not take place on time. The location of the train complicated the evacuation tasks from the first moment, since the height and structure of the viaduct prevented access by road vehicles or rescue buses.

Among the occupants was a group of professionals and engineers who were traveling to the capital for work reasons and whose meetings had to be suspended. Given the impossibility of arriving on time, several of them considered abandoning the journey at the León station to return to Asturias by bus or another train.