Barcelona, May 21 (EFE) .- The president of Adif, Gonzalo Ferre, has blamed the chaos lived near Barcelona today the company Schneider Electric, responsible System computer software Center Centralized Traffic Control (CCTC) Adif in Barcelona because yesterday the system and this morning was reset has not started.
A fault in the control center Centralized Traffic (CCTC) Adif Station France Barcelona, which controls rail service in Catalonia, has caused its closure between 06.25 and 07.50 hours today and has affected more than 80,000 passengers and 200 trains.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with the Minister of Land, Santi Vila, Ferre said yesterday the system computer software that serves this control center was reset and this morning, when it has been operation has not started.
Ferre said that two days ago and met with the company because lately came having problems with them and it was not normal because the service of the center had worked perfectly well for 2014 and this year has been “derailed” and “we are taking a fatal system.”
He explained that if this is not fixed, change the system and could penalize the company, as expected contracts .
Ferre noted that this morning, when the system software has not started, I have informed service technicians, who have been unable to start it and, thanks to three systems feature They have been working with the third one, so “now seeks to recover the first two” to prevent another pass something similar.
The president of Adif has ensured that this afternoon will meet Schneider Electric, which bought the usual services provider Telvent, to study the situation, since lately there have been many problems in Barcelona, when the CCTC, during 2014, had a third of problems that Madrid and now, in just over a month, there have been three problems and “we are taking a fatal service”
Ferre said that if not fixed, “change the system”, but have contracts with the company until December This year, for the priority “are the users” and if they have breached obligations by the company, Adif imposed sanctions are regulated in contracts.
The president explained that Adif when it is aware of the problem this morning has called the minister, because he wanted to apologize and explain what has happened, but it has jumped the answering machine, and could not talk to Vila until 9 in the morning and then you have announced it was moving to Barcelona because I had a meeting with the service providers.
On the meeting held with Vila, said that it was “great” and “phenomenal” and that the relationship with the Government is “great” and could not say that may be better.
The president of Adif has said that the commuter service, which moves 105 million passengers a year, is normalized.
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