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Spain’s Rail Safety Under Scrutiny After Deadly Urda Train Collision

Victims had warned of rail-break detection gaps and asked for traffic to be halted before the latest crash, renewing scrutiny of maintenance and oversight.

Summary
Spain’s railways are facing serious questions after the deadly collision at Urda, nine months after the Adamuz disaster killed 46 people. The latest tragedy has brought renewed attention to warnings about railway safety, demands from Adamuz victims for trains to be stopped until the network’s reliability could be guaranteed, and a controversial television appearance by Transport Minister Óscar Puente just days before the new crash.

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After the train accident in Urda (Toledo), you asked us about two old operations with a maximum value of 247 and 755 million euros.

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While Spanish infrastructure suffers more than ever in recent years, Pedro Sánchez’s executive has sent hundreds of millions of euros to other countries, with Rabat as the main recipient

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The government has earmarked a cascade of millions to improve the rail services of other nations while in Spain investment falls.

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Vox's candidate for the Congress of Deputies for Seville, Reyes Romero, has denounced that the government of Pedro Sánchez – through the Ministry of Transport led by Óscar Puente – has allocated 750 million euros to railway infrastructures in Morocco while Spain has suffered two serious train accidents in ten months, the ... Continue reading "Reyes Romero (Vox): «Puente gave 750 million for railway routes to Morocco and here we have two accident…

·Madrid, Spain
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The Executive signed a non-refundable grant to adapt Ukraine’s trains to the European gauge. The operation is in addition to the external rail funding authorized since 2019, including 944 million for Morocco.

·Madrid, Spain
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ESdiario broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
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