Overview
- The rear‑end collision occurred on Wednesday, October 28, on the Madrid–Seville high‑speed line near PK 118 between Los Yébenes and Urda and involved a Renfe AVE and an Iryo service.
- Rescue teams continue work at the scene and regional officials have given provisional casualty figures that have risen during the day to as many as 64 dead with scores more injured, though counts remain subject to change.
- ADIF says about 397 passengers were aboard the Renfe AVE and 147 on the Iryo, two Iryo cars derailed and fell down a slope, and high‑speed traffic on the Madrid–Andalucía corridor is suspended.
- The Ministry of Transport has opened technical and regulatory investigations after saying the ADIF Atocha control centre authorised trains to resume movement in a way that may contravene rules, and the drivers’ union Semaf has pressed safety complaints and planned industrial action.
- The crash revives scrutiny of rail safety after January’s Adamuz disaster, raises political pressure on ADIF and the ministry to explain control‑room and signalling procedures, and risks prolonged disruption on one of Spain’s busiest high‑speed corridors.