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Los audios revelan que el centro de control autorizó la circulación sin aplicar la restricción de velocidad prevista cuando falla la señalización automática, minutos antes de la colisión en Urda
The Spain’s government has declared three days of national mourning, from October 29 to 31, for the 64 people killed in the collision of two passenger trains on October 28 in the province of Toledo.
The Spanish government declared three days of national mourning, to be observed on October 29, 30 and 31, 2026. The order requires flags to fly at half-staff on public buildings and military installations across the country during the three days.
Pedro Sánchez announced the measure in memory of those who died in the rail collision in the province of Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha.
The impact occurred at 8:54 A.M. local time near the municipality of Urda. A high-speed AVE train, operated by state-owned Renfe, hit the rear of a train operated by the private company Iryo, which was stopped on the tracks. The collision derailed the last two cars of the Iryo train and sent several units down a ravine.
Following a deadly train crash near Toledo, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez declares 3 days of national mourning and demands strict safety measures: "It is unacceptable for Spain to suffer two high-speed rail accidents in the same year." pic.twitter.com/IeiKNHndtf
The crash involved two operators that share Spain’s high-speed network. Renfe, which is state-owned, runs the AVE, while Iryo, which is privately owned, operates the train that was struck from behind. Both companies carry passengers on high-speed corridors.
65 people died in the crash, according to the President of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page. There were 544 passengers aboard the two trains at the time of the impact: 397 on the AVE and 147 on the Iryo, including a baby.
The rescue operation involved 100 members of the Military Emergencies Unit. The Civil Guard’s Major Disasters Team also took part. The search for bodies continues, meanwhile the injured remain in hospitals.
Official activity was suspended in the central government and in regional administrations while emergency teams continue their work at the crash site.
Sánchez traveled to Toledo to assess the response at the scene. King Felipe VI set aside his official engagements after speaking with the prime minister about what had happened. Both cleared their public schedules.
For her part, Health Minister Mónica García suspended her scheduled activities and merged state medical resources with the regional administrations of Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha to assist victims of the disaster in Urda. The order pulled national capacity and local response into a single coordinated operation.
Signaling and safety failures on the high-speed network are the focus of the technical investigation. Transport Minister Óscar Puente went to Atocha station in Madrid to review those systems. He also examined the factors surrounding the collision between the two trains.
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🚨 La Guardia Civil ha desplegado en la zona personal de Seguridad Ciudadana de la provincia de Toledo, OMAC (Oficinas Móviles de Atención a la Ciudadanía) así como agentes del SEPRONA y de la Jefatura de Tráfico.
Text reads: “The Civil Guard has deployed personnel from the Citizen Security area of the province of Toledo, OMAC (Mobile Offices for Citizenship) as well as agents from SEPRONA and the Traffic Headquarters.”
The January Precedent
The Urda disaster follows a wreck that Spanish investigators still struggle to explain. In January 2026, on the Madrid-Andalucía route near Adamuz in Córdoba province, an Iryo train departing the capital derailed and struck another unit serving the Huelva-Madrid corridor.
That collision produced no immediate answers and the track had been renovated shortly before. The first train cleared its technical inspection only four days earlier, moving between 200 and 210 kilometers per hour. Minister Óscar Puente described the crash as a highly unusual event.
The consequences spread fast. Rail service toward the south of the country stopped temporarily while experts examined the wreckage. Atocha station, Madrid’s main rail terminal, absorbed massive cancellations as passengers rebooked or abandoned their journeys.
Months later, the cause remains open. Renovated track, a freshly inspected train, and routine high speed, none of it explained the collision. That unresolved record shaped the public mood when the news from Urda arrived.
Two railway disasters within a single year have now tested Spain’s emergency systems twice. January demanded a forensic response, an effort to understand an accident that defied easy explanation. Urda has demanded a medical one.
Spanish authorities have not yet released a complete account of the Urda disaster. Investigators will face the same task that followed Adamuz, determining what failed and why. The January wreck left a toll of 39 dead and more than 100 wounded, and the questions it raised remain unresolved as the country confronts a second emergency on the same network.
The national mourning decreed by the government will last until October 31. Technical teams will determine the causes of the crash and the condition of the signaling systems on that stretch of the network, as well the recovery of the hospitalized injured completes the authorities’ immediate agenda.
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Los tres audios clave de la tragedia, dos conexiones entre la maquinista del tren Iryo que estaba parado y el controlador de Atocha y uno del maquinista del AVE que venía por detrás y este mismo operador, demuestran con claridad los errores que se cometieron. El controlador da la orden al tren AVE, que estaba 25 kilómetros por detrás del Iryo, de que reinicie “la marcha normal”, y no a vista, como señalaba el protocolo, con una limitación de 40 kilómetros por hora. Y, además, lo hace sin comprobar que no hay ningún tren delante obstaculizando la vía. La maquinista del Iryo también recibe la misma orden, de reanudar “la marcha normal”, pero siete minutos después llama para decir que sigue detenida porque no puede reiniciar el tren con el sistema LZB y, sin embargo, nadie avisó al AVE ni siquiera ahí, a cinco minutos de la tragedia, de que tenía que frenar.
Lugar del accidente de dos trenes de alta velocidad, uno de Renfe y otro de Iryo, que han colisionado a primera hora de este miércoles a la altura de la estación de Urda (Toledo).
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez traveled to Urda, in the province of Toledo, near the site of the devastating train crash that killed at least 68 people after two high-speed trains collided early Wednesday morning. Sánchez said he had come to support emergency workers and those affected by the accident, stressing that a full investigation would be carried out.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addressed the media from the command center set up at the site of the train accident in the province of Toledo on Wednesday.
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The Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line, where two trains collided on Wednesday, has several signalling and protection systems designed to regulate traffic, control the distance between trains and reduce the risk of accidents. According to government sources, early evidence suggests the collision may have been triggered by human error after a failure in the line’s main signalling system.
At least 68 people were killed on Wednesday in a train crash near the Spanish town of Urda, in the province of Toledo, according to the regional government of Castile-La Mancha, although officials fear the death toll could rise further.
Screen capture of a video made from a Civil Guard helicopter at the site of the crash in Urda (Toledo). Spanish state rail company Renfe has reported that train service between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia has been suspended.
Emergency services providing assistance to the survivors of the crash. “A human error by an [state-owned railway infrastructure company] Adif operator in response to a malfunction in the main signaling system is the likely cause of the accident,” government sources said.
There were 30 people reported dead by noon local time, and the government warned the number could still rise. “It could be worse than Adamuz [the rail accident in Córdoba that claimed 46 lives on January 18],” government sources said.
Rescuers working to pull out victims from the train cars that crashed near Urda (Toledo). According to initial reports, the AVE train may have struck the Iryo train from behind, causing two cars of the latter train to derail.
An AVE high-speed train collided with an Iryo train that was stopped on the tracks, according to sources from the emergency services, who indicated that two cars fell down an embankment.
A helicopter from the emergency services at the site of the crash. A passenger traveling in one of the rear cars of one of the trains told EL PAÍS that he felt a “strong impact” about 40 minutes into the trip.
According to initial reports, the AVE train may have struck the Iryo train from behind, causing two cars of the latter train to derail. A passenger, Miguel Ángel Pérez, who had already exited the train, told state broadcaster TVE by phone that the accident was “terrible, indescribable.”
Residents of Urda (Toledo) have reached out to help the passengers of the trains that collided near their town. “We were able to get out of the car by breaking the windows,” said one passenger.
Screenshot of a video taken by one of the passengers inside one of the train cars that crashed. “With the huge impact and the rattling, we started clinging to our seats,” said a passenger named Miguel Ángel Pérez.
Passengers at Atocha train station in Madrid waiting for information following the railway accident in Urda (Toledo). Traffic was halted on the Madrid-Seville line.
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