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High-speed rail disruption changes travel between Madrid and Puertollano
The Urda accident has suspended high-speed rail service, requiring travellers to combine two segments to reach Puertollano. Renfe has scheduled two direct trains on the conventional line and recommends checking travel conditions before departure.
Madrid-Atocha Cercanías will be the departure and arrival point for conventional trains covering the route to Ciudad Real. The journey will take approximately two and a half hours.
To continue to Puertollano, travellers will need to change trains in Ciudad Real: the first leg will be on a conventional line and the second on high-speed rail, with an expected travel time of around 15 minutes. The interruption of the high-speed line is due to the railway accident in Urda (Toledo). The disruption affecting journeys from Atocha had already been addressed in previous information about the closure.
Renfe has scheduled two direct services between Madrid and Puertollano on the conventional line. The train departing from Puertollano will leave at 4:45 and arrive at Madrid-Atocha Cercanías at 7:45; the train in the opposite direction will leave Madrid-Atocha Cercanías at 20:00 and arrive in Puertollano at 23:00.
There will also be connections between Madrid and Ciudad Real. Trains will depart from Madrid-Atocha Cercanías at 8:00, 10:30, 12:00, 14:00, 16:30, 18:00, 20:00, and 22:30. From Ciudad Real, trains to Madrid will depart at 5:15, 7:15, 9:00, 11:00, 13:30, 15:00, 17:00, 19:30, and 21:00.
Between Ciudad Real and Puertollano, departures from Ciudad Real are scheduled at 7:15, 8:45, 11:00, 14:00, 17:30, 19:30, 22:35, and 23:00. Towards Ciudad Real, trains will leave Puertollano at 4:45, 6:45, 8:15, 10:00, 12:00, 15:30, 18:15, and 20:15.
Renfe recommends checking travel conditions at renfe.com, on its app, at main stations, or via the customer service phone line.