<p>Madrid: Copper thieves brought part of Spain's high-speed train network to a standstill on Sunday evening, leaving some trapped in trains overnight and thousands stranded at stations.</p><p>Thieves stole cables in four areas within a 10-kilometre radius in what Transport Minister Oscar Puente called a "serious act of sabotage" in a post on X.</p><p>Train services on the affected lines were suspended Sunday evening, and while on Monday morning a few trains left Madrid for Toledo, 70 kilometres south, services to cities such as Seville and Malaga further south were still suspended, Adif said on X.</p>.Spain's grid denies dependence on solar power to blame for blackout.<p>Thousands of people were left waiting in Madrid's Atocha station. It comes after hundreds of passengers were left trapped on trains last week during a nationwide blackout.</p><p>Nine trains were left stranded between stations, with many passengers forced to spend the night onboard, according to interviews on state broadcaster TVE.</p><p>The state-owned railway infrastructure operator Adif said its staff were working to replace the stolen cables and reestablish the service.</p><p>The high-speed network has rapidly expanded in Spain as part of a government push to decarbonise public transport.</p><p>The network connects almost all the country's big cities but is vulnerable to cable thefts because it crosses large swathes of empty countryside. </p>
<p>Madrid: Copper thieves brought part of Spain's high-speed train network to a standstill on Sunday evening, leaving some trapped in trains overnight and thousands stranded at stations.</p><p>Thieves stole cables in four areas within a 10-kilometre radius in what Transport Minister Oscar Puente called a "serious act of sabotage" in a post on X.</p><p>Train services on the affected lines were suspended Sunday evening, and while on Monday morning a few trains left Madrid for Toledo, 70 kilometres south, services to cities such as Seville and Malaga further south were still suspended, Adif said on X.</p>.Spain's grid denies dependence on solar power to blame for blackout.<p>Thousands of people were left waiting in Madrid's Atocha station. It comes after hundreds of passengers were left trapped on trains last week during a nationwide blackout.</p><p>Nine trains were left stranded between stations, with many passengers forced to spend the night onboard, according to interviews on state broadcaster TVE.</p><p>The state-owned railway infrastructure operator Adif said its staff were working to replace the stolen cables and reestablish the service.</p><p>The high-speed network has rapidly expanded in Spain as part of a government push to decarbonise public transport.</p><p>The network connects almost all the country's big cities but is vulnerable to cable thefts because it crosses large swathes of empty countryside. </p>