Severe winds hit Catalonia, leaving one dead, eight injured amid travel chaos and widespread closures
# UPDATED – A 46-year-old woman died after part of a warehouse roof collapsed on her during the powerful winds that hit Catalonia on Thursday,...
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Sánchez: Spain’s rail network is ‘not perfect but safe’, vows ‘justice will be done’ for victims’ families
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged on Wednesday that justice would be delivered after two train crashes last month left 47 people dead, stressing that...
Spain’s train drivers call off three-day strike after agreement for increased funding for rail upkeep
Unions representing Spanish train drivers have suspended the rail strike that began on Monday and had been due to continue until Wednesday. The unions had...
Saudi Arabia orders 20 more high-speed trains from Spain’s Talgo group
Saudi Arabia has ordered 20 new high-speed trains from Spain’s Talgo, in a deal that will add €1.33 billion to the company’s order backlog and...
RENFE to cancel 955 trains as three-day strike in February looks set to go ahead
LATEST: Spain’s train drivers call off three-day strike after agreement for increased funding for rail upkeep. Spain’s national rail operator RENFE will cancel 955 trains...
Thousands evacuated in Andalusia as Storm Leonardo leaves homes without power, towns cut off
Storm Leonardo reached Spain’s southern Andalusia region on Wednesday, with forecasts warning of up to 400 litres of rain per square metre in some areas,...
Spain’s train crash victims mourned as families call for truth and justice
A funeral mass in memory of the 45 people killed in the Adamuz train crash was held on Thursday at the Carolina Marín sports centre...
Families of Adamuz train crash victims to receive €216,000 under €20m compensation plan
The Spanish government said on Tuesday that it will distribute €20 million in compensation to those affected by last month’s high-speed train disaster in southern...
Rodalies commuter trains in Catalonia gradually restart after chaotic Monday morning incidents
Following a weekend in which all commuter and regional trains across Catalonia had been suspended since 1pm on Saturday ‘until passenger safety could be guaranteed’,...
Initial report from train tragedy investigators points to fracture in track prior to accident
A preliminary investigation into last weekend’s deadly high-speed rail crash in southern Spain indicates that a fracture in the track may have existed before the...
