Recurrent: ADIF/Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility

Resolution appealed: R CTBG 0237/2026

In exercise of the right of access to public information, ADIF/MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY was requested, in relation to the High Speed line linking Barcelona and Girona, the total number of incidents recorded in each of the routes carried out between September 2024 and September 2025 (both included).

The requested entity disallowed the request submitted when considering the application of the case provided for in article 18.1.c) of the LTAIBG, that is, a prior action of reprocessing was required to facilitate access in the terms in which it was requested. It is argued that the high-speed line for which the number of incidents produced is requested, in addition to high-speed passenger services, supports other medium-distance and freight train services, so that the Business Intelligence (BI) platform - the main environment for the collection and consultation of operational incidents - lacks specific filters by type of railway service, which requires multiple manual and visual searches of 12 records on approximately 14,345 circulations in the section of interest in 2024. In this regard, it is clear that the BI platform, by not contemplating segregation by type of service - high speed, medium distance Avant, goods - to obtain detailed information on incidents that have generated delays in the circulation of high-speed passenger trains, results in the need for a reprocessing action that justifies the application of the cause of inadmission provided for in article 18.1.c) LTAIBG.

The Council considered the claim on the grounds that the justification provided by ADIF was not sufficient to assess the actual occurrence of the alleged inadmissibility case. The claimant requested the total number of incidents “on the High-Speed Line linking Barcelona and Girona”, not to specify how many of these incidents affected high-speed trains. From the wording of the request, it is not possible to derive the need to discriminate between the incidents that have affected the circulation of high-speed trains from those of other types of services, which is what is taken as a starting point to justify the complexity of the tasks necessary to provide the information requested.