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friday (start of semana santa week) on way home from business trip in Alicante the train suddenly stopped in the super long tunnels before Chamartin station. After about 10 minutes all lights went out. there were leds outside but no other lights. no cell phone coverage. after about 30 minutes the conductor passed on the way to the engine and said it was a general failure not with our train, but as there was no cell coverage he had no information as to why. After about 1.5 hours he passed by the other direction saying he had to walk 500 meters to one of the emergency phones for info. A train entering in Chamartin somehow ripped out the Ave’s electrical cables and they had removed the train but now needed to fix the cables and it would be another 30 minutes. After a full two hours in the dark the train started and we inched into Chamartín. The station was so packed with easter week travelers that is was nearly impossible to leave the station to catch a cab!