Twelve foreign nationals confirmed among 69 killed in Spain’s latest train tragedy
Twelve people from nine countries outside Spain have been confirmed among those killed in the Urda rail disaster, with forensic teams awaiting the arrival of...
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Sánchez pledges urgent support for train tragedy victims and vows to restore trust in high-speed rail
Spain’s government will approve an emergency support package on Tuesday for those affected by the Urda rail disaster, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced, alongside a...
Train crash judge demands more workers after staff shortage halts overnight search
The judge investigating the Toledo rail disaster has urgently called for additional crane crews and shifts to speed up the search for victims’ remains, after...
Puente refuses to resign as train crash investigation examines safety failures and control-room orders
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...
King Felipe visits train crash survivors and urges action to prevent another tragedy
King Felipe VI has called for a thorough investigation and measures to prevent another railway disaster after visiting survivors and bereaved families of the high-speed...
Spain’s latest rail tragedy puts safety and accountability at centre of election campaign
Spain’s second fatal high-speed rail collision in nine months has transformed the political agenda ahead of the 29 November general election, placing Pedro Sánchez’s government...
Toledo crash recordings reveal restart orders as Iryo driver reported train still stopped
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...
Sánchez pledges firm action over Toledo train disaster as Feijóo demands answers
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has promised to establish the causes of the train collision that killed at least 69 people near Urda in the Toledo province...
Transport Minister says decision to let AVE proceed before fatal Toledo crash was ‘inexplicable’
ALSO READ: Sánchez pledges firm action over Toledo train disaster as Feijóo demands answers. Spain’s Transport Minister, Óscar Puente, has described as ‘inexplicable’ the decision...
At least 69 dead and over 50 injured in high-speed train collision near Toledo
ALSO READ: Toledo crash recordings reveal restart orders as Iryo driver reported train still stopped. ALSO READ: Spain’s latest rail tragedy puts safety and accountability...
