Rodalies has a second day of delays over an “operational incident” and the R7 line is cut

The R1, R2, R2 Nord, R2 Sud, R4, R11 and Regionals Sud lines of Rodalies de Catalunya, the Catalan commuter rail network, are running off their usual timetable this Sunday, November 8, because of an “operational incident”, according to Rodalies as reported by ACN. The same incident affected the R1, R2, R2 Nord, R2 Sud, R4 and Regionals Sud lines on Saturday.

At 13:00, 31 of the 59 trains in service were running late, with delays of more than 100 minutes on some R1 trains, 52 minutes on the R4 and 40 on the R11, according to Tarragona Ràdio. The R8 is also suffering delays because of an infrastructure fault in Rubí, and in the afternoon the R7 was interrupted, so Rodalies recommends using the R4 as far as Cerdanyola del Vallès, according to Catalunya Press.

Renfe attributes what happened to “incidents related to the drivers and the trains” that are being “analysed”. The Semaf union maintains it is a “shift-management” problem: according to Tarragona Ràdio, it says the company introduced a new shift chart on Friday with “significant mismatches”. El Nacional, citing union sources and RAC1, adds that Renfe has eliminated drivers' bases outside Barcelona.

Semaf and Alferro have called a strike on Rodalies on November 10 and 12, with minimum services of 66% at peak times, and service will also be affected on November 11 by the general strike, according to ACN. In the reports consulted, Renfe does not specify how many trains have been cancelled or when the timetable will recover.