The Accident Commission Asked in 2024 for More Technical Measures in the Face of Possible Human Failures
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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 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…
The commission warned that the barrier of the controllers was "susceptible to fail" and claimed to implement "technical mitigating measures." More information: The political mismanagement of the High Speed allowed Urda trains to circulate without active safety systems.
The CIAF report refers to an incident that occurred on June 25, 2024, when one, who was circulating with the ERTMS rail safety system, unduly overstepped a signal ordering him to stop in Cuenca.
The CIAF report refers to an incident that occurred on June 25, 2024, when AVE 05903, which was circulating with the ERTMS Level 1 rail safety system, unduly exceeded a signal that ordered it to stop in Cuenca-Fernando ZóbelDirecto - Last hour of the accident in Urda The Rail Accident Investigation Commission (CIAF) recommended in a 2024 report to adopt technical measures and strengthen protocols, after pointing out that human verification is “s…
The CIAF report refers to an incident that occurred on 25 June two years ago, when the AVE unduly overstepped a signal ordering it to stop in Cuenca-Fernando Zóbel. Those missing in the Urda train accident: relatives and
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