| High Speed Train crash, Cordoba province, Spain 18-1-26 Posted by eightonedee at 22:18, 18th January 2026 |     |
Sadly it appears that there has been a crash involving two trains in southern Spain.
I have seen this while watching the 10pm BBC News, and on checking their website (www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedw6ylpynyo) the story is there, albeit the confirmed death toll has increased from 5 to 10.
Thoughts with all involved
| Re: High Speed Train crash, Cordoba province, Spain 18-1-26 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 23:16, 18th January 2026 | |
From the BBC, the death toll has sadly risen to 21. [Image from here is not available to guests]
| Re: High Speed Train crash, Cordoba province, Spain 18-1-26 Posted by ChrisB at 08:07, 19th January 2026 | |
Now 39, and climbing.
It seems that one derailed & collided with another coming in the reverse direction, which then has gone off down an embankment & is hard to reach. They are expecting to recover further bodies
| Re: High Speed Train crash, Cordoba province, Spain 18-1-26 Posted by Mark A at 08:43, 19th January 2026 | |
West of the town of Adamuz, a pair of crossovers, referred to here:
"De acuerdo con esta misma fuente, el tren LD AV Iryo 6189, que realizaba el trayecto Málaga–Puerta de Atocha, descarriló en los desvíos de entrada de la vía 1 de Adamuz e invadió la vía contigua, por la que circulaba el convoy LD AV 2384 Puerta de Atocha–Huelva, que también descarriló."
An automatic translation:
"According to the same source, the LD AV Iryo 6189 train, which was traveling the Málaga–Puerta de Atocha route, derailed at the entry switches of track 1 in Adamuz and invaded the adjacent track, on which the LD AV 2384 Puerta de Atocha–Huelva train was also traveling, causing it to derail as well."
Source: https://www.fuenlabradanoticias.com/articulo/actualidad/39-mueertos-152-heridos-descarrilamiento-dos-trenes-alta-velocidad-adamuz-cordoba/20260118213807186538.html
Thoughts with the people caught up in this.
Mark
| Re: High Speed Train crash, Cordoba province, Spain 18-1-26 Posted by grahame at 10:08, 19th January 2026 | |
From the Irish Times
What caused the derailment?
Unlike the 2013 disaster, the derailment on Sunday happened on a straight portion of the track. An independent commission has been launched to investigate what caused it.
Óscar Puente, Spain’s transport minister, told reporters that the first train to derail was only a few years old and that the section of the track where the crash occurred had been recently renovated.
“The crash is extremely strange,” he said. “It happened on a straightaway. All the experts we have consulted are extremely baffled.”
He added: “If there had not been an oncoming train, we would not be talking about casualties of any type.”
Unlike the 2013 disaster, the derailment on Sunday happened on a straight portion of the track. An independent commission has been launched to investigate what caused it.
Óscar Puente, Spain’s transport minister, told reporters that the first train to derail was only a few years old and that the section of the track where the crash occurred had been recently renovated.
“The crash is extremely strange,” he said. “It happened on a straightaway. All the experts we have consulted are extremely baffled.”
He added: “If there had not been an oncoming train, we would not be talking about casualties of any type.”
