Five hours of delay of the AVE that departed at 4:40 p.m. from Puerta de Atocha to Alicante. A breakdown in the AVE that left Atocha at 4:40 p.m. bound for Alicante, where it was scheduled to arrive at 7:09 p.m., is going to mean that the 340 passengers traveling inside it will not arrive in Alicante, at the earliest, until after the 00:30 a.m. the next morning.
To the breakdown of the train, which has stopped at a point of difficult access by road between Cuenca and Albacete It has been added that the rescue train that has left from Alicante has not been able to join the convoy when it arrives to meet them. Another mishap, more delay and, finally, Renfe has sent another AVE from Puerta de Atocha to hook up the damaged train and continue on to Alicante. As the delay far exceeds the hour of travel, Renfe will return the full amount of the ticket that it is clear that this Thursday has not complied.
The 340 passengers have been unlucky because their AVE having stopped far from the Cuenca station, they have not been able to get on one of the other four AVEs that have subsequently left Madrid for Alicante.