In addition, it has commissioned an internal audit at both Renfe and Adif to “know and know in detail what happened.” The origin of the problem can be found in the gauges published in the Adif network statement, which CAF detected when preparing the project.
The Minister of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda of the Spanish Government, raquel sanchezhas announced this Saturday “imminent terminations” in both Renfe and Adif to “assume responsibility” for the error in the dimensions of the Cercanías trains in various autonomous communities, especially in Cantabria and Asturias.
Speaking to the media during a visit to the Castro Urdiales Town Hall (Cantabria), Sánchez apologized to the Cantabrian citizens and indicated that this Friday he had a conversation with the President of Cantabria, Miguel Ángel Revilla, to share “anger and his indignation”.
“In the next few hours these stoppages are going to take place and therefore we will give the explanations at that moment,” explained Sánchez, who has commissioned an internal audit at both Renfe and Adif to “know and know in detail what happened”.
In addition, he has asserted that “all necessary actions” will be taken to shorten the delay in the delivery of the trains, recalling that they are not manufactured, but in the design phase. The minister hopes that the design of these trains will be ready for the summer and that its manufacture can begin immediately, although there is no minimum manufacturing time.
Gauge error
The origin of the problem can be found in the gauges published in the statement on the Adif networkwhich Renfe used to describe the technical characteristics of the new trains in a contract it published in 2019 to acquire 31 metric-gauge trains, intended to renew the fleet of the commuter and medium-distance network, mainly in the north of the country.
In June 2020, Renfe awarded this contract to CAF, a manufacturer of trains and buses based in the Basque Country, for 258 million euros. When I was preparing the project, CAF realized that there was an error in the gauges and that the tracks would not support the commissioned trains and he transferred it to his client, Renfe.
Source: Eitb
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