A new theft of copper cable from a catenary, between the Sabadell Sud and Cerdanyola stations, of the Barcelona Rodalies network, has caused various damage since early in the morning on lines R4 and R7, as reported by Renfe. While Adif technicians work on repairing the damage caused by the theft, line R4 runs on a single track between Sabadell Sud and Montcada Bifurcació.
This restriction on the line's capacity only allows two trains to circulate per hour in each direction on the aforementioned section. On the other hand, a road service has been provided on line R7 between Cerdanyola Universitat and Cerdanyola. Between this last station and Fabra i Puig, in Barcelona, travelers have the R4 trains.
This is the third major incident in the Rodalies network in recent days due to the theft of copper cable in the railway network in Catalonia.
Last Monday, the railway service between Parets del Vallès and Les Franqueses del Vallès stations, in the Rodalies area of Barcelona, was suspended for more than twelve hours also due to the theft of the catenary cable. This suspension affected the convoys of the R3 de Rodalies line, which covers the route between L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) and Puigcerdà (Girona), in which the entire service had to be rescheduled and an alternative road transport enabled in the section affected by the robbery.
On Thursday of last week, another theft of copper cable between the Tarragona and Torredembarra stations affected the trains that circulated on the conventional gauge line, including those on the Rodalies lines R15 and R16, causing average delays that day. 40 minutes.
