The fault in the Rodalies Centralized Traffic Center that occurred this Tuesday afternoon in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat has been resolved, as reported by Adif, around 8:00 a.m. The incident caused significant delays to lines R1, R3 and R4 this Tuesday, which at the beginning of the service this Wednesday were still half an hour.
Normality to serve.
— R1 Rodalies ? (@rod1cat) December 28, 2022
The epicenter of the problems isl Centralized Traffic Center in the field of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, which caused major delays on the L’Hospitalet-Sants section from 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The incident, which many users reported through their social networks, affected the schedules and routes of the Rodalies lines R1, R3 and R4, the same ones affected this Wednesday morning.
Gratuity and efficiency
The passengers suffered ten minute stoppages between stops, train changes, lack of information by Adif or Renfe and waits of more than 45 minutes, among other effects. “One hour to make two stops from Plaza Catalunya to L’Hospitalet, changing trains during the journey and not an explanation,” lamented one user. “An hour waiting between Sants and Hospitalet and nobody says anything”, commented another. “For the innocent, the one from Rodalies“, shared Ernest, another traveler.
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The free recurring tickets of Rodalies generated a fairly unanimous opinion among experts in September: it is very good that trips are discounted, but it is useless if the efficiency of the system is not improved. Or what is the same, it is a measure that does not encourage the use because the reliability of the trains, their frequency of passage and punctuality continues to be deficient.
It is enough to take a look at social networks to realize the boredom that the situation generates in many users. They are messages that exude irony and bad milk in equal parts, who speak of a situation that is not at all new to them. Although it is also fair to admit it: there are many more who do not complain, since every day some 370,000 people travel on a thousand trains.