It's worth noting that Madrid, having been the center of the Franco regime, has a right-leaning populace and the Vox party has pushed things further in a similar fashion to the Trumpistas in the US.
I believe this is lashing out because the central government is socialist and has made recent decisions which the fascists don't like.
Would you like 1 maglev train for 10km, or 10 extra trains to make better use of existing infrastructure?