The Madrid-Andalusia AVE line remains paralyzed: affected trains, reasons, and how long it will take to run again.

Spain has been experiencing a new bout of railway chaos since yesterday afternoon. A power line failure has completely paralyzed the Madrid-Andalusia high-speed line, the second busiest passenger line in the country. Thousands of passengers are affected, many of whom have had to be rescued from the tracks after two trains were trapped in the middle of nowhere overnight. Fifteen hours after the incident, Adif has declared the repair of the power line failure complete, and trains from Madrid to the south and trains from Andalusia and Castilla-La Mancha to the capital "can now operate."

According to Adif, the initial shutdown of the lines connecting Madrid with southern Spain was due to a power failure in the overhead lines that occurred yesterday on one of the tracks between Yeles and La Sagra , which also prevents trains from running between the capital and Toledo.

As a result, the railway operator's workers cut off power early this morning "to work on the affected overhead line and be able to restore service on the other track as well," according to the railway operator. However, the work is taking longer than expected due to "the difficulty in rescuing two trains affected by the incident and the lengthy work to repair the overhead line," Adif explained this morning on the social network X.

The affected lines are those connecting Madrid with all destinations in Andalusia ( Seville, Malaga, Granada, Cadiz, and Huelva) , as well as the medium-distance routes with Toledo and Ciudad Real/Puertollano . All of these lines will not be operational again "until further notice," according to the railway infrastructure manager.

The total number of affected passengers is currently unknown, although it is estimated to be in the thousands. In the case of Renfe alone, 18 Avant trains and 26 AVE trains were affected today. Meanwhile, Ouigo has already announced the cancellation of trains 6476 and 6517 on social media, while Iryo reports up to five affected trains on the Southern Corridor, according to company sources.

At this time, Iryo is stating that no trains will be canceled and that all scheduled trains will operate, "even if they are delayed and passengers will be relocated."

It is currently unknown when traffic will return to normal, but it is expected to happen in the next few hours. Currently, traffic is only allowed as far as Atocha (some trains have already departed from Seville), but no trains departing from Madrid have yet departed.

According to Renfe, passengers on the Murcia 15:32-Málaga 22:26 AVE, which had been detained in La Sagra since 20:26 yesterday, have already arrived at Atocha and will be transferred to a unit attached to the Madrid-Málaga AVE, which was scheduled to depart at 08:30 to continue to its destination.

For its part, Adif hasn't specified when traffic will return to full normality. "We're optimistic," company sources say.