Overview
- Authorities say an Iryo train derailed near Adamuz, its rear cars entered the opposite track and struck a Renfe Alvia traveling toward Huelva.
- Transport Minister Óscar Puente called the event “tremendously strange,” noting it occurred on a straight section with recently renewed track and a train reviewed on January 15.
- High‑speed service between Madrid and Andalusia is suspended at least through Monday, with Adif estimating more than 200 trains affected and stations opened overnight for stranded passengers.
- A major response is underway with the UME deployed, more than 220 Guardia Civil personnel, multiple ambulances and an advanced medical post; Adif activated a family hotline at 900101020.
- Roughly 300–317 people were aboard the Iryo train and about 184 on the Alvia; 48 remain hospitalized, including 12 in intensive care, as casualty figures remain provisional.