A commuter train derailed near Barcelona on Tuesday after a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks, killing the driver and injuring all 37 passengers on board, Spanish emergency services said.
The crash occurred just two days after a train collision in southern Spain that killed at least 42 people. At least 39 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain, police have said.
The incident is โtruly strangeโ as it happened on a flat, recently renovated stretch of track, the transport minister has said.
At least 39 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain, police have said.
The emergencies services earlier reported that at least 73 people were injured in the crash, with 24 in serious condition, including four minors.
The incident happened in the Adamuz municipality, near the city of Cordoba, in the countryโs Andalusia region at 7:45pm local time (6:45pm GMT) on Sunday, according to rail operator Adif.
The tail end of a train traveling from Malaga to Madrid with about 300 passengers aboard went off track and crashed into an incoming train carrying 200 people from Madrid to Huelva, causing it to also derail, the operator said.
Rescuers have been deployed on site, removing all of the survivors from the overturned carriages by midnight, Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente said. However, he warned that the death toll could still rise, with the search for bodies continuing.
The reasons for the crash are yet to be established, Puente said. He called the incident โtruly strangeโ because it happened on a flat stretch of track that had been renovated last May. The train that was first to derail was also less than four years old, he added.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims. โTonight is one of deep sadness for our country,โ he wrote on X.
When the commuter train derailed near Barcelona the crash occurred just two days after a train collision in southern Spain that killed at least 42 people.
Tuesdayโs incident occurred between the Sant Sadurni dโAnoia and Gelida stations, about 35 minutes outside Barcelona.ย Two people remain in critical condition, RTVE reported, citing medical officials. Several rail lines in Catalonia were closed earlier due to heavy rain.
All necessary resources are being mobilized to guarantee the safety of those affected, Cataloniaโs acting president, Albert Dalmau Miranda, wrote on X.
Spain has the largest rail network for trains traveling at speeds of over 250kph (155mph) in the EU, with over 3,000 km (1,900 miles) of track.
The country last had a major railway accident in 2013 when 80 people were killed after a train derailed in the north-western city of Santiago de Compostela.
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They should have hired China to build and run the trains, the west ainโt worth a spit now in high tech society.
You got that right PeC the retaining wall could collapse due to ground vibration from rail construction machinery when installing the new railway line .Two trains colliding can be due to faulty electronic sensors not indicating correctly back to the central rail traffic indicator display or just human error .
In any case its down to as you say lower standards of mechanical or electronic engineering compared to China.
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๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค, ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ, ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ยซ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ยป.
I am curious if there is a possible connection between the train accidents and Spainโs condemnation of Israeli war crimes in Palestine in the international arena. Iโm sure that the war criminal in chief is not happy with the Spanish government and would like to see it fall.