The trains will be redesigned to fit the tunnels, but this will lead to substantial delays in their delivery.
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The revelations angered both regions and led to demands for resignations.
Two Spanish transit officials resigned after ordering 31 trains unable to fit through tunnels in the regions they were planned to serve. (Fox News)
On Monday, the Secretary of State for Transport, Isabel Pardo de Vera — the minister´s right-hand colleague — handed in her resignation, as did the president of the state rail company RENFE, Isaías Taboas.
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When the error became public early February, RENFE and the state-owned rail infrastructure company Adif fired two senior officials.
The Transport Ministry says the errors were spotted early on and no money has been wasted. However, both regions will now have to wait for another two or three years before they get their new trains.
The resignations came hours before Transport Minister Raquel Sánchez was due to meet the regional presidents of Asturias and Cantabria to explain the blunder in the design measurements.