The regional minister of Housing, Transport and Infrastructure of the Community of Madrid, Jorge Rodrigo, has strongly criticized the situation, attributing the "chaos" to the "neglect" of the national Government. He has insisted on the urgency of making the necessary investments to ensure the proper functioning of the service.
“"It is the result of the neglect of a Government, of a minister, who does not know how to govern. They are dedicated to covering up their corruption, in this case in the Ministry of Transport, instead of dedicating themselves to the infrastructure of transport policies and to the people of Madrid."
These statements come after, on the previous day, six lines of Madrid's Cercanías network (C-2, C-3, C-4, C-7, C-8, and C-10) suffered significant delays during rush hour due to a signaling incident at Atocha station, which lasted for almost five hours.
For his part, the delegate of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility, Borja Carabante, has also urged the minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility to invest in Madrid's Cercanías network. He recalled that the year 2025 closed with 1,521 incidents in the network, a 20% increase compared to the previous year, which he considers "very bad news for sustainable mobility" in the capital.
The poor functioning of the system has led Madrid residents to opt for other means of transport, such as municipal EMT buses and the Metro, which have seen a significant increase in passengers. This contrasts with the reduction in users of the Renfe network, as people "do not trust" the service.
“"The National Government has in its hands the possibility and the solution to the Cercanías problem, which is to invest what the Popular Party Government approved in that Cercanías Plan, endowed with nearly 10,000 million euros, but which the national Government put in the drawer of oblivion and has not invested what we need."
