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Two fatal train accidents in Spain in nine months have heightened fears about rail travel: ‘I’m going to buy a plane or bus ticket. Anything but the train’

29 October 2026 at 12:41

Fear and uncertainty. Those are the two words most often heard at Chamartín train station in Madrid. On the face of it, everything seems normal: machines are still issuing tickets, and passengers are dragging their heavy suitcases from one place to another. There is, however, something most admit: they had doubts about traveling. The crash on Wednesday near the Urda station, in Toledo, is worrying all passengers.

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Passengers at the Santa Justa train station in Seville following the train accident involving two high-speed trains that occurred in Toledo.

© Manu Fernandez (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Passengers from one of the trains involved in Wednesday’s crash in Urda.
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