Date: 15/11/2013

THE autonomous region of Madrid is to mothball a suburban line opened just eleven years ago, which connects the capital with the Warner Bros amusement park and the town of San Martin de la Vega, which has a population of 19,000. Electrification, signalling and safety systems are being removed by debt-ridden infrastructure manager Adif, which will reuse most of the equipment elsewhere on the conventional network. Rails and ballast are expected to remain in place for the time being, but the line will be unusable for passenger trains, as stations are also being dismantled.

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