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Puente refuses to resign as train crash investigation examines safety failures and control-room orders

News Desk30th October 20263rd November 2026

30th October 20263rd November 20261719

Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente ruled out resigning on Friday as the investigation into the Urda rail disaster focused on a succession of technical failures...

Toledo crash recordings reveal restart orders as Iryo driver reported train still stopped

News Desk29th October 20262nd November 2026

29th October 20262nd November 20261695

Recordings of communications before the deadly train collision near Urda in the province of Toledo reveal that Adif’s Atocha control centre instructed both drivers to...

Grenade-shaped belt sparks train scare

AFP7th November 2018

7th November 20182839

A woman carrying a grenade-shaped belt buckle on a train from Barcelona to Madrid caused havoc on Wednesday, forcing a station to be partly evacuated...

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