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The set of used trains purchased by CP from the Spanish counterpart Renfe implies a greater risk due to the fact that asbestos is among their materials.
This was also the reason that led Renfe to abandon the operation of these trains, in the passenger service between Galicia and the Basque Country, but the national railway company did not take this danger into account and signed the contract for the purchase of this material rolling, a total of 51 wagons, for an amount of 1.65 million euros, which will begin to operate from the end of this year on the Minho railway line, between Porto and Valença,
According to a news item published by the newspaper ‘La Voz de Galicia’, “Portugal will use the trains taken from Galicia to transport asbestos”, adding that “the Portuguese railway operator [a CP] rule out the replacement of the units on the Porto-Vigo route despite their age and damage ”.
“The 18 trains that used to be transported between Galicia and the Basque Country, withdrawn after detecting the presence of asbestos in their material, as well as 33 other similar wagons, will be used in Portugal from the end of this year to operate on the Miño railway line, between Porto and Valença, as the Portuguese railway company points out ”, said the news from ‘La Voz de Galicia’.
According to this information, “the 51 trains were bought by Comboios de Portugal [CP] to Renfe for 1.65 million euros after being discarded by the Spanish operator because of his age, and because of the danger of having found asbestos in their structures, as well as for betting on high-speed and self-propelled units “.
“However, the Portuguese Government recognizes that its country has a serious shortage of railway material that it intends to supply with various purchases of compositions used in other countries, which is why it agreed to remove asbestos from the affected wagons, improve and modernize them and put them to work on the route that reaches the Galician border, while [composições] the surplus will be used in regional and long distance lines ”, says ‘La Voz de Galicia’.
According to the Galician newspaper, the package of trains purchased by CP from Renfe includes 36 wagons of the 2000 series, known as Arco, which stopped operating on March 1 in the Intercity Caminho de Santigo service for Irún and Hendaia, plus 15 trains . service, with cafeteria and beds.
“The wagons sold to Portugal began to operate on the Mediterranean axis, but abandoned that service in 2008, to cover the route between Galicia and the Basque Country, until this year they were replaced by Talgo trains after having detected the presence of asbestos in several units ”, reveals the Galician newspaper.
‘La Voz de Galicia’ also points out that “[a] Trains [de Portugal, a CP] It also uses Renfe equipment for hire on the ‘Celta’ train, which connects Porto with Vigo.
“The self-propelled UTD 592 units manufactured in the first half of the 1980s have broken down three times in 17 days in their self-braking system since last August rail traffic between the two countries reopened,” the news concludes.
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