Overview
- A 19-year-old UAB student, David Pujol, has lodged an administrative claim seeking €9,211.35 over prolonged Rodalies delays, cancellations and poor information on his daily commute.
- The filing targets Renfe, Spain’s Transport Ministry and Catalonia’s Government, and it asks for free travel on the T-jove youth pass until punctuality tops 95 percent.
- Pujol itemizes €211.35 for ticket reimbursements, €4,500 for a worsening of his obsessive-compulsive disorder, €2,500 for harm to his studies and €2,000 for a forced move from his family home.
- He documents 55 serious incidents since September 2024, including trains canceled without notice and blank or misleading station boards, after dozens of earlier complaints that drew template replies.
- Under Spain’s process, the administration has six months to answer, after which Pujol says he will go to court, a step that could set a precedent as Rodalies recovers service to about 98 percent after a dire 2025 and early-2026 derailments and fires.