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What is known so far about the worst rail disaster of the decade in Spain?

2026-01-19 18:24:17Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Train accident in Spain

At least 39 people have died and dozens more have been injured after two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain on Sunday evening.

The incident near the city of Cordoba has been described by local officials as the worst rail accident to occur in Spain in more than a decade.

The BBC writes that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is expected to visit the scene this Monday, where rescue efforts continue.

Where did the collision occur?

The accident happened at around 7:45 p.m. (local time) on Sunday, about an hour after one of the trains departed from Málaga for Madrid.

The train derailed and crossed onto the opposite track, operator Adif said. It then collided with a train coming from south of Madrid towards Huelva, which was forced to veer onto an embankment next to the tracks, said Spain's transport minister, Óscar Puente.

Most of the dead and injured were in the first carriages of the train heading towards Huelva, he added.

What is known so far about the worst rail disaster of the decade in Spain?

What caused the accident?

The cause of the derailment remains unclear. Officials say an investigation has been opened, but it is not expected to determine what happened for at least a month.

Minister Puente described the accident as "extremely strange" and said that all the railway experts consulted by the government "are extremely surprised by the accident."

The president of Spain's state rail operator, Renfe, said he had "ruled out" the possibility that the incident had occurred due to excessive speed or human error.

Álvaro Fernández Heredia told Spanish national radio RNE that even if a mistake had been made, a system inside the train would have corrected it.

He added that both trains were traveling below the maximum speed limit on the section of track where the accident occurred. Heredia suggested that a mechanical defect or infrastructure problem was the most likely cause.

Are there still people trapped on trains?

There were about 400 passengers and staff members on the two trains, operated by the companies Iryo and Alvia.

It is not clear if there are still people trapped inside the carriages, but rescue teams are at the scene.

"The problem is that the carriages are twisted, so the metal is twisted along with the people inside," Francisco Carmona, the fire chief in Cordoba, told public broadcaster RTVE.

"We've even had cases where we've had to pull out a dead person to get to someone who was alive. It's difficult and delicate work," he added.

What is known so far about the worst rail disaster of the decade in Spain?

Who are the victims?

The 39 victims of the accident have not yet been identified, and Puente said the death toll "is not yet final" as investigations into the accident have only just begun.

By midday on Monday, 112 people had received medical attention, 43 of whom remained hospitalized, according to local emergency services.

Among the 43 people still in the hospital: Four of them are minors, one of whom is in intensive care, while twelve adults are also in intensive care.

What have the survivors said?

Passengers on the train heading to Madrid described the moment of the collision as an "earthquake" and said that the train's windows were shattered, luggage was moved and people were thrown to the floor.

"I was in the first carriage. At one point I felt like it was an earthquake and the train derailed," journalist Salvador Jimenez told public broadcaster Canal Sur.

"There were people screaming, calling for doctors," he added.

Another passenger, Lucas Meriako, told Spanish broadcaster La Sexta Noticias that he was in the fifth carriage of the same train when he began to "feel some jolts" that became increasingly stronger.

"Another train passed us and everything started shaking. There was a jolt behind us and it felt like the whole train was going to fall apart," he described.

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