All Rodalies trains back in service after blackout

Rodalies commuter rail services have been practically fully restored on Wednesday after Monday's blackout.

All lines were operating normally as midday, after service was fully restored on the R3 and R4 lines.

At the start of Wednesday’s service, trains were running on the R3 between L’Hospitalet de Llobregat and Ripoll, while buses covered the journey between Ripoll and Puigcerdà.

However, at 7.20 am a remote control failure forced the service between Vic and Ripoll to be cut off.

Separately, on the R4, a signalling failure between Els Monjos and l'Arboç which was causing delays, was resolved before noon.

Renfe provided a replacement bus service between Sant Vicenç de Calders and Vilafranca del Penedès to minimize the impact on passengers while technicians worked to fix the problem. 

The railway company has reported that in some stations the information and sales systems may not work properly due to failures caused by the shutdown of technological elements of the network.

Technicians are working to replace damaged parts and repair the damage to the system.

Renfe reported this Tuesday that it would work all night to recover usual services in the commuter rail network, after the difficulties it had in restoring the service the day after the shutdown.

At night, the R1 line (between Molins de Rei and Maçanet Massanes), the R2 (between Castelldefels and Granollers Centre), the R2 Nord (between El Prat Airport and Maçanet Massanes), the R3 (between Hospitalet and Puigcerdà), the R4 (between Sant Vicenç de Calders and Manresa) and the R11 (between Barcelona and Portbou) had been restored with minimal services.

“Today everything ran smoothly,” Marta Belmonte said to ACN, a commuter from Tiana (Maresme) who travels to Barcelona for work, expressing surprise at the experience.