{"id":667739,"date":"2026-10-28T11:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T11:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667739\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T11:08:09","slug":"at-least-10-dead-after-two-trains-crash-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667739\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 10 dead after two trains crash in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least 10 people have died after two trains crashed south of Madrid in Spain, the regional government has said.<\/p>\n

“The information we are receiving is not good at all. There are at least 10 dead and it is possible that the number will increase,” Esther Padilla, spokeswoman for the government of Castilla-La Mancha, told local media CMM.<\/p>\n

El Pais and El Mundo newspapers are both reporting that at least 30 people died in the crash.<\/p>\n

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was “shocked” at news of the crash and added in a post on X that he offered his “affection, solidarity, and support to all the victims and their families”.<\/p>\n

Consternado ante el grave accidente de trenes en Toledo. Permanezco en constante contacto con el ministro de Transportes, @oscar_puente_, y con el presidente de Castilla-La Mancha, @garciapage. Los servicios de emergencia est\u00e1n trabajando sobre el terreno para atender a las personas afectadas y garantizar su seguridad, en coordinaci\u00f3n con todas las administraciones implicadas. Mi cari\u00f1o, solidaridad y apoyo a todas las v\u00edctimas y sus familias.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Pedro S\u00e1nchez (@sanchezcastejon) October 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Spanish emergency services said the trains collided just before 9am local time (8am Irish time).<\/p>\n

The collision comes nine months after an accident between high-speed trains belonging to the same operators on the same line that killed 46 people<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That crash in January, which occurred after a train derailed and smashed into an oncoming train near Adamuz, in Cordoba province, triggered a debate about the level of investment in railway maintenance in recent years.<\/p>\n

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\nA woman is seen walking down the rail tracks beside the Renfe train (Credit: @1vanta3)<\/p>\n

“Traffic on the Madrid-Andalusia high-speed rail line has been suspended following a rear-end collision between two trains,” Adif said in a message posted on X this morning.<\/p>\n

A Renfe and an Iryo train crashed, causing two Iryo wagons to derail, a government spokesperson for the Castilla La Mancha region said, adding that the cause and number of injuries were still being determined.<\/p>\n

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Footage by regional Castilla La Mancha Television showed a derailed train with at least one carriage remaining on an elevated section of track while twisted metal, broken panels and wreckage could be seen strewn across an embankment beneath the line.<\/p>\n

Rail operator Adif said the incident occurred on the line from Madrid to Seville.<\/p>\n

Manuel Galan, mayor of nearby town of Urda, told Cadena SER that emergency services had asked the town council to prepare emergency facilities, including a sports hall, to accommodate passengers and the injured.<\/p>\n

Mr Sanchez’s agenda, published on the Spanish government’s website, had been cleared for the day. The opposition People’s Party also cancelled all campaign events, a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least 10 people have died after two trains crashed south of Madrid in Spain, the regional government…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-667739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}