A Holy Wednesday like this was not remembered in Atocha.
Predominant silence.
Some occasional run of a traveler who, with the time hitting, was rushing past the controls to get to his train.
But
above all, calm down
.
Since 07.00 hours, the National Police have shielded this station, standing behind the access controls to
ask each traveler for the receipt
or the reason for leaving Madrid.
"The Police have already fired several people who did not have a receipt," slides an Adif worker, who saw the "pillados" undo the road,
with a disgruntled gesture
, who wanted to flee the city.
"Some have been told to turn around," a National Police who patrols the terminal tells this newspaper.
"Anyway," he adds, "whoever wanted to go
did it last week
... On Friday this was going to burst. They did
throw out more people there
. Today they have also hunted some, but the day is very calm" .
Most of the passengers who were visiting the station this Wednesday did so alone, and almost all of them under the same pretext: to
return to their residence
.
"I had cancer and I had to come to Madrid for surgery. I have come to the check-up twice and this was the third time for me to be discharged," said a traveler, who was waiting for her sister at the terminal door to return to Alfaz del Pi (Alicante).
Although large groups have also been seen.
In every sense.
Like the members of the Spanish youth basketball team (U16 Men) who will play the European Championship in Macedonia in the summer.
They came to Atocha from different parts of the Spanish geography, to concentrate in Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara): "
We have the proof of the federation
."
"They didn't ask me for anything at the entrance"
Next to them, two merchant sailors who, after disembarking in Santander, wandered through Atocha looking for another train that would take them, "finally", to their home in Huelva.
"I have six shipments since the pandemic began and until now
they have not asked me for any receipt or anything
. Not even when we have left Santander," says one of them.
The armor to leave the capital contrasted with the few obstacles when entering Madrid.
"They have not asked me for anything
either when entering or leaving Palencia,
" commented Carmen, a newcomer, suitcase in hand.
It's not the only one.
All the travelers asked by this newspaper have not had to show any proof when entering the city.
"I've been here for about three hours ... The normal thing is to wait an hour and a half", says Ángel, a taxi driver placed in the first line waiting for a traveler who requires his service: "
Fewer people come, droppers
... Everything is very stopped ".
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