It was not just a human error: the weaknesses of the system that the Urda and Adamuz accidents reveal
The already known data on the last fatal accident allude to a deficit in the system, which is starting to change: Renfe adopts the first modifications and Puente announces new measures
A train journey from Madrid to Sevilla has resulted in 69 fatalities in an accident in Urda, Toledo. This is the second deadly incident on the same line in under nine months, following a crash in Adamuz, Córdoba, which killed 46 people in January. The line, which launched high-speed travel in 1992, has now seen over 110 deaths in less than a year.
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