2024-09-13 20:10:53
The Minister for Transport and Sustainable Mobility said, Oscar Puenteafter dismissing the president of Adif, Angela Contrerasin a new day of railway incidents. The Minister’s decision would respond to his objective “to promote the management of the company.”
The dismissal of the president of Adif adds another dismissal announced by Puente recently for the audit relating to the ‘Koldo’s case‘, a plot in which Ángel Contreras was one of those named. However, the ministry points out that this term has nothing to do with the ‘Koldo’s case‘.
Ángel Contreras was president of Adif for less than a year, since he came to the ministry with Óscar Puente, replacing María Luisa Domínguez, former president. Contreras’ It will not be the only way out which will happen to change the “organization” and “boost” the management of the organization.
During this summer Renfe was the subject of criticism due to frequent incidents on the rail network. This same Friday was heavy delays on high-speed trains at Barcelona Sants station, as well as on departures and arrivals to Madrid.
The former president of Adif was now the general director of Conservation and Maintenance of the public body until he was appointed president. Is there Engineer of Roads, Canals and Ports for the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
Oscar Puente’s interpretation of the controls during the summer
Because of the problems in the railway network, the Minister Óscar Puente had to appears twice to explain the situation. One was in the Senate, another in the House of Representatives. Puente said these are “temporary” problems due to the “lack of investment in recent years.” “In six years it is not replaced in the following two years,” he said.
In the Senate, Puente admitted that this summer was complicated in terms of railway operations, but he emphasized that “he has his explanation” and apologized to the users who were affected. In addition, he criticized what he considered to be “false arguments” regarding the operation of rail transport, and emphasized that The sector is currently experiencing “the best moment in its history”. with record travelers records.
Dropping trains, a good decision?
Due to the cost of the railway Europe promoted the liberalization of the sector. Prices were starting to drop and there was a much better offer, accordingly Jose Carlos Fernandezof the Association of European Railways. However, it seems that things were not done well.
The lack of planning may be behind the incidents happening in Spain with trains. There are more and more trips and the number of passengers is breaking records, all this added to the work on the new bird route that is being done and which, apparently, is going to be extended.
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