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Date Published: 17/12/2025

Huelva-Seville train passengers endure six-hour nightmare in the middle of nowehere

Stranded without food or water, they were finally rescued by Guardia Civil as fury boils over repeated rail failures

Passengers on a Huelva to Seville train thought they were in for a quick 90-minute ride on Monday afternoon. Instead, they faced a six-hour ordeal stuck between Aznalcázar and Benacazón, with no water, no food, very little light and barely any updates, before the Guardia Civil stepped in to evacuate them at midnight.

The Media Distancia service left Huelva at 3pm. By 4.15pm, Renfe posted on social media that the train had broken down due to a fault in its self-propelled unit, with assistance teams on the way. Adif confirmed the line was blocked between Aznalcázar-Pilas and Benacazón. It wasn't until 6.16am Tuesday that they announced the train had been cleared and services resumed.

Salvador Romero, from the 'Y Huelva cuándo...' platform(a local citizens’ group campaigning for better rail and transport infrastructure in the province), didn't hold back in a voice note to the press. “It’s unacceptable that families, individuals, residents of Huelva, and visitors who travel from Huelva with their tickets and need to connect to the AVE high-speed train in Seville, or who need to catch a plane from Seville, have to spend around eight hours traveling from Huelva to Seville,” he said.

He painted a grim picture of the wait: “And it’s not right that you find yourself stranded in the middle of nowhere without light, without water, without food, stuck for six hours with the train. And even the trains that come to tow it aren’t prepared for that and have to prolong the wait for the passengers.”

Romero's had enough of the excuses. “The number of incidents is intolerable; it is not an isolated incident. These are incidents that are constantly being repeated,” he stressed. He's calling on Renfe, Adif, and the authorities for more than promises. “We demand that those responsible provide us with a response accompanied by concrete actions regarding improvements to the trains and infrastructure.”

For Huelva commuters, this latest breakdown is the final straw in a string of woes. Many rely on that line for work, flights, or family trips, and the repeated chaos is hitting hard.

You might also be interested in: Renfe to reinstate earlier compensation for train delays from January 2026

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