More than 10,000 passengers hit by delays following sabotage and technical issues on Spain’s AVE line

Many passengers arrived at their destinations in the early hours of the morning, with high numbers travelling during the bank holiday weekend.

More than 10,000 passengers in Spain experienced severe disruption on Sunday after cable lines were stolen at several points within the province of Toledo and a train suffered a technical fault.

Travellers relying on more than 30 trains between Madrid and Seville were affected. Many were returning from trips over the bank holiday weekend.

Minister of Transport Óscar Puente described the incident as “a serious act of sabotage” and called for the public to help identify those responsible.

The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, claimed that Spain was suffering a “daily calamity”, appearing to link the travel delays to last week’s historic power outage.

Read more: Euronews