Renfe Updates Safety Protocol as Investigators Analyse Urda Collision
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A February 2025 Adif slogan limited the speed to 40 km/h following LZB failures, but the regulation allowed the speed to reach 200 km/h.
Renfe, Iryo and the trade union of train drivers Semaf have proposed in the last few hours that a high-speed train never exceed 40 km/h when their safety systems fall, even if the Adif control center authorizes the normal march. If this safeguard had been in force last Wednesday, it would have added a further layer of safety to the protocol that had to be followed that, presumably, would have prevented the accident: the AVE that crashed in Urda …
That whenever the LZB safety system fails, trains should always resume circulation at 40 km/h. This is the proposal that Renfe is already working on and that Iryo and the train drivers' union are also requesting, after the tragic collision between an Iryo and an AVE last week that left 69 people dead. The possible measure appears in a Renfe document in which it is considered giving train drivers the order not to circulate at "normal speed" when …
The resumption of the march will be done at less than 40 km/h, according to a draft
According to this slogan, the drivers would have to confirm with the Adif control center that their canton is empty before starting to circulate at reduced speed.
The railway company tightens safety protocols after the accident that left at least 69 dead
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