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How did the Spain train crash happen and what will investigators be asking?

WorldBy Gwyn Topham Transport correspondentOct 29, 2026, 2:39 PM
How did the Spain train crash happen and what will investigators be asking?
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PUBLISHEDOct 29, 2026, 2:39 PM
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Audio file appears to point finger at control centre, but there are questions around signalling and technical issues At least 69 people died when a high-speed train from Madrid to Seville hit another train on the same track from behind near Toledo on Wednesday morning.

Both trains had been brought to a halt earlier when the signalling system failed. The driver of the state-owned Spanish train, a Renfe AVE service, was told by controllers to restart the…

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