Nothing preserves unity in Spain more than Cercanías breakdowns. Interterritorial solidarity increases; Ordinality is maintained: whoever contributes the most, suffers the most delays; and there is no dumping of incidents between Catalonia and Madrid. The constitutional order is not on a train and, therefore, is not in danger. The independence movement made the process go through road announcements and it derailed.
The week starts with Cercanías causing chaos in Atocha. The first tweet from the Renfe account at 7 in the morning was optimistic
Is it the fault of Renfe or Adif? What more does it give to the traveler! The brown one goes to the person in charge of infrastructure, but it is no consolation for users, who point to the Minister of Transport. Óscar Puente is dedicated to his tweeting mission of revealing all the hoaxes of the fachosphere, but the images of the passengers entering Atocha along the tracks cannot be denied.
The videos of those affected achieve the impossible: unanimity in the information sources. All the press goes to @LosLarianos. X’s account receives requests from Abc, El Mundo, El País, La Sexta, Efe, TVE, La Vanguardia, 20 Minutos to use their videos at the foot of the rail. Three incidents a day in Catalonia are no longer news, but a tide of walkers towards Atocha…
The centralist indignation serves as a launcher for the umpteenth attack by the Government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso on Minister Puente. “It’s a real shame.” “Third Worldist,” adds Mayor José Luis Almeida. The ground is fertile: “Óscar Puente more focused on what Milei is going to have for breakfast today than on the Cercanías disaster,” “while the minister insults Milei by creating diplomatic crises, Madrid Cercanías is an absolute disaster.”
The angry letter from the PP Government falls on the dozens of letters sent by Pere Aragonès and his councilors complaining about the railway service. In the content the mirage of the trains for the unity of Spain is broken. Madrid complains, demands investments and gets them; Meanwhile, Catalonia wants to manage Rodalies but Renfe declines to meet with the Generalitat to avoid a conflict with the electoral law. More delays.
