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How could two high-speed trains be broken against each other on the same track in Spain? In the aftermath of the rail disaster in Urda, south of Madrid, the recordings of the centre of Madrid...
Operators reassure public that trains can fail safely
Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) and Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC) yesterday said their train safety systems are designed to automatically bring trains to a stop when they detect abnormal conditions.They made the comment following a deadly collision in Spain on Wednesday, when a high-speed train stru
A CIAF report refers to an incident similar to the one in Toledo, when an AVE improperly passed a signal
Radio exchanges between train drivers and the control centre help to reconstruct the last minutes before the rail collision in Spain and point to human error. The circumstances of the tragedy remain to be clarified, but anger is rising in the country.
The Railway Accident Investigation Commission (CIAF) —since last July the Independent Administrative Authority for Technical Investigation of Railway, Maritime and Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents (AAIITAI)—already recommended in a 2024 report to adopt technical measures and strengthen protocols, after pointing out that human verification is "susceptible to failure" in cases in which it replaces the automated system, as everything indicate…
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lacronicabadajoz.comThe Commission of Inquiry into Railway Accidents (CIAF) warned in 2025 that a barrier to the risk of collision could fail because it depended entirely on a worker. It did so after investigating an incident in Cuenca: an automatic system stopped a train after passing a signal and Adif allowed it to continue without identifying it. "This barrier is liable to fail, since it depends entirely on the human factor", concluded the commission, which clai…
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