- Region
- Águilas
- Alhama de Murcia
- Jumilla
- Lorca
- Los Alcázares
- Mazarrón
- San Javier
-
ALL AREAS & TOWNS
- AREAS
- SOUTH WEST
- MAR MENOR
- MURCIA CITY & CENTRAL
- NORTH & NORTH WEST
- TOWNS
- Abanilla
- Abarán
- Aguilas
- Alamillo
- Alcantarilla
- Aledo
- Alhama de Murcia
- Archena
- Balsicas
- Blanca
- Bolnuevo
- Bullas
- Cañadas del Romero
- Cabo de Palos
- Calasparra
- Camping Bolnuevo
- Campo De Ricote
- Camposol
- Canada De La Lena
- Caravaca de la Cruz
- Cartagena
- Cehegin
- Ceuti
- Cieza
- Condado de Alhama
- Corvera
- Costa Cálida
- Cuevas De Almanzora
- Cuevas de Reyllo
- El Carmoli
- El Mojon
- El Molino (Puerto Lumbreras)
- El Pareton / Cantareros
- El Raso
- El Valle Golf Resort
- Fortuna
- Fuente Alamo
- Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort
- Hacienda Riquelme Golf Resort
- Isla Plana
- Islas Menores & Mar de Cristal
- Jumilla
- La Azohia
- La Charca
- La Manga Club
- La Manga del Mar Menor
- La Pinilla
- La Puebla
- La Torre
- La Torre Golf Resort
- La Unión
- Las Palas
- Las Ramblas
- Las Ramblas Golf
- Las Torres de Cotillas
- Leiva
- Librilla
- Lo Pagan
- Lo Santiago
- Lorca
- Lorquí
- Los Alcázares
- Los Balcones
- Los Belones
- Los Canovas
- Los Nietos
- Los Perez (Tallante)
- Los Urrutias
- Los Ventorrillos
- Mar De Cristal
- Mar Menor
- Mar Menor Golf Resort
- Mazarrón
- Mazarrón Country Club
- Molina de Segura
- Moratalla
- Mula
- Murcia City
- Murcia Property
- Pareton
- Peraleja Golf Resort
- Perin
- Pilar de la Horadada
- Pinar de Campoverde
- Pinoso
- Playa Honda
- Playa Honda / Playa Paraíso
- Pliego
- Portmán
- Pozo Estrecho
- Puerto de Mazarrón
- Puerto Lumbreras
- Puntas De Calnegre
- Region of Murcia
- Ricote
- Roda Golf Resort
- Roldan
- Roldan and Lo Ferro
- San Javier
- San Pedro del Pinatar
- Santiago de la Ribera
- Sierra Espuña
- Sucina
- Tallante
- Terrazas de la Torre Golf Resort
- Torre Pacheco
- Totana
- What's On Weekly Bulletin
- Yecla
- EDITIONS: Spanish News Today Alicante Today Andalucia Today
ARCHIVED - Trouble on the tracks as coaches replace trains between Murcia and Cartagena
Travellers on the rail Murcia-Águilas line refused to pay in protest at delays on Wednesday
The year has begun poorly for rail travellers in the Region of Murcia with trains being badly disrupted on the main Murcia-Cartagena line, coaches being used as alternative means of transport and claims by the CCOO trades union that no middle-distance services at all have operated between the two largest cities in the Region since 3rd December.
Renfe admit that there have been problems with 40 per cent of the services on the Murcia-Cartagena line, with coaches being called out to transport passengers and the resulting delays in their arrival, but attribute this to “one-off” and “exceptional” circumstances. These circumstances, the company adds, have been more common in recent days, but the situation is returning to normal although CCOO claim that the locomotives usually used between Murcia and Cartagena are currently operating between Murcia and Lorca.
Renfe clarifies that so far this year it has used coaches to substitute trains on “only” three or four services on each of the 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th January.
The union also blames Renfe for the staff shortages which it says are causing the disruption, and asserts that some passengers are being turned away from buses due to them not holding the appropriate ticket and no Renfe staff being available to issue them with one.
In the south-west, meanwhile, it is reported that 70 passengers on the Murcia-Águilas refused to pay for their tickets on Wednesday in protest at the delay they suffered while waiting on the platform at the Estación del Carmen in the regional capital. They were obliged to wait 25 minutes in temperatures of around 2 degrees for the train to arrive, and even then it had to make a further stop for refuelling according to angry passengers.
In these circumstances, and in response to a lack of any explanation being given, passengers simply refused to pay up and asked the inspector to make a written report to Adif explaining their motives. They also allege that there are frequent breakdowns on the line, and that defects such as doors not closing and heating systems not working are becoming more and more common.
Image: Mos810 Wikicommons
Follow Murcia Today on Facebook to keep up to date with all the latest news, events and information in the Region of Murcia and the rest of Spain: https://www.facebook.com/MurciaToday/.