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Death toll rises to 43 as royals visit train crash site and Spain starts three days of mourning

News Desk20th January 202625th January 2026

20th January 202625th January 20261384

Spain began three days of national mourning on Tuesday for the victims of the high-speed train crash that occurred in Adamuz, southern Spain, on Sunday...

Train crash probe points to possible damaged track, amid uncertainty over cause or consequence

News Desk19th January 202625th January 2026

19th January 202625th January 20261420

Investigators examining Sunday’s derailment of a high-speed train in Spain, which has now claimed at least 40 lives, have identified a damaged joint in the...

Sánchez vows ‘to get to the truth’ about cause of train tragedy, as Spain declares three days of mourning

News Desk19th January 202626th January 2026

19th January 202626th January 2026868

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged on Monday to ‘get to the truth’ about the cause of the railway accident in the Andalusian town of...

RENFE president: human error ‘practically ruled out’ as cause of high-speed train collision in Andalusia

News Desk19th January 202625th January 2026

19th January 202625th January 20261281

Álvaro Fernández Heredia, the president of RENFE – Spain’s national state-owned railway company – has ruled out human error as the cause of Sunday’s railway...

Renfe withdraws low-cost Avlo trains from Barcelona-Madrid line, replaces it with AVE

News Desk29th August 20253rd September 2025

29th August 20253rd September 20256436

Renfe, Spain’s national rail operator, has confirmed that it will remove all Avlo trains from the high-speed Barcelona–Madrid corridor. The budget service, launched under the...

New high-speed train linking Madrid & Lisbon will cut journey time from 10 hours to three

News Desk19th April 202525th April 2025

19th April 202525th April 20257560

A new high-speed rail link between Madrid and Lisbon is set to become operational by 2030, coinciding with the year Spain and Portugal are scheduled...

Rail strikes planned during March-April in Spain called off at last minute

News Desk17th March 202524th March 2025

17th March 202524th March 20256877

A planned seven-day rail strike in Spain, set to begin on Monday 17 March, was called off at the last moment after unions representing workers...

Spanish government reaches deal with JxCat to approve transport subsidies & pension increases

News Desk28th January 20253rd February 2025

28th January 20253rd February 20252330

Spain’s minority coalition government between the PSOE socialists and Sumar left-wing has reached a deal with the Catalan pro-independence party, Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), to...

Transport discounts and pension increases voted down in Spanish Congress

News Desk23rd January 202528th January 2025

23rd January 202528th January 20254139

Spain’s fragile coalition government between the PSOE socialists and the Sumar left-wing umbrella group suffered a significant political setback on Wednesday, after the rejection of...

Sánchez announces 50% discount on EU Interrail passes for young people, plus ‘Spanish Interrail’

News Desk8th May 202315th May 2023

8th May 202315th May 20235020

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced that young people in the country will be able to benefit from a 50% discount on Interrail passes around...

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