US Edition“Adamuz crash line was only partially renovated,” admits Spain’s transport minister.
- On January 18, a high-speed train derailed near Adamuz, and Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente said in a public-television interview the high-speed section was only partially renovated.
- Investigators from the Commission of Investigation of Railway Accidents are focusing on the weld between newly installed and older rails, material fatigue, and maintenance procedures after finding a fractured rail segment likely triggered the derailment.
- Engineering practice allows retained original rails when assessed fit, and Óscar Puente clarified integral renewal means targeted replacement, noting the section had a newly installed rail adjacent to older rail.
- Dozens were killed and many injured, prompting national mourning and funerals in Malaga; the Madrid–Andalusia link remains partially suspended while the CIAF and Ministry investigate, and Óscar Puente faced political debate with opposition calls for transparency but pledged accountability if negligence is found.
- The remaining original track on the Madrid–Seville line has prompted questions about rail maintenance protocols and renewal strategies, while officials caution retained original rails do not yet establish causation and CIAF and Ministry investigators say determining the exact cause will take time.
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The national tribute to the victims of the railway tragedy which killed 45 people on 18 January in southern Spain, originally scheduled for 31 January in Huelva, Andalusia, has been postponed sine die, indicated the services of the Prime Minister. ...
Despite a renovation of 700 million euros and a construction site delivered in May 2025, all the equipment on the line had not been changed. Some dates back to 1989. The renovation of the section is becoming more important in...
The candidate of the PP and current president of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, has closed his first steps in the campaign.Accompanied by the highest representative of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has shown his conviction that Sánchez is "losing his ass" for improving the railway infrastructure if the Catalan independencers asked, after the leader of the socialists has praised the work of the minister of Transport, Oscar Puente, in the face…
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