High-speed train collision kills at least 68 in Spain's 2nd deadly rail crash this year

A RENFE high-speed train struck a stopped IRYO train in Toledo, Spain, on Wednesday, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens. Spain’s transport minister said a computer malfunction stopped trains on the line, after which a central command center ordered the RENFE train to resume without speed restrictions despite an active stop signal. The government announced three days of mourning, and rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia.

The regional government of Castilla La Mancha said 58 people were receiving medical treatment at hospitals.

The security system on a 63-kilometer stretch stopped working at 8:30 a.m., and the collision occurred at 8:53 a.m.

Authorities said 397 passengers were on the RENFE train and 147 were on the IRYO train.

The January collision involving trains operated by RENFE and IRYO killed 46 people in southern Spain.

Spain has laid about 3,900 kilometers of high-speed track, according to the article, while the International Union of Railways puts China’s network at 45,000 kilometers.

Published Oct 29, 2026 12:22 am KST

Updated Oct 29, 2026 4:33 pm KST

Emergency services attend to the victims at the scene of a collision between two trains in Urda, Spain, Oct. 28 (local time). AP-Yonhap

URDA, Spain — A high-speed train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks Wednesday in Spain, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens in the second deadly rail collision this year.

The regional government of Castilla La Mancha confirmed the death toll and said another 58 people were receiving medical treatment at hospitals. Rescue workers searched the wreckage through the day for survivors and bodies.

The collision came just nine months after another deadly crash involving high-speed trains operated by the same two companies in southern Spain in January.

“Today all of Spain is grieving,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said from the crash site, where he announced that his government would declare three days of mourning.

Sánchez called for increased safety measures to restore confidence in a high-speed rail system that was once a source of national pride.

“It is unacceptable for a country like Spain to suffer two high-speed rail accidents in the same year,” said Sánchez, who faces an election on Nov. 29.

Spain’s rail system operator ADIF said the crash occurred Wednesday morning in the central province of Toledo, involving two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers and heading south in the same direction from Madrid to Seville.

A train operated by the state-owned RENFE company struck the rear of another train operated by private company IRYO that was stopped. The collision derailed two carriages on the tail of the IRYO train and the front of the RENFE train.

Samy Paul, a British tourist, described the shock of the impact to The Associated Press after being rescued from the RENFE train.

“Suddenly, everything started falling apart. Bang! We fell down,” he said. “We realized carriage two, carriage one, all gone, all smashed. There was blood all over.”

David Gómez, a construction worker, was working nearby when he heard the crash and ran to help, he told the newspaper El País.

“People were trying to get out through the windows ... We cut through some fences to access the area and treated people with the first-aid kits we had brought until emergency services arrived," he said. “As I was trying to pull a young woman out, there was a piece of a leg.”

Rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia.

A passenger rescued from one of the trains involved in a collision arrives in Urda, Spain, Oct. 28. AP-Yonhap

Transport minister says crash was due to ‘inexplicable’ decision

Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente said that the crash was caused by what he called the “inexplicable” order from a central command center for Spain’s trains after a security system had failed. He said the train engineers were not to blame.

Puente said that at 8:30 a.m. the security system on a stretch of 63 kilometers (39 miles) stopped working due to a computer malfunction, causing all trains on that stretch to stop. But the central command told the RENFE train to start running again without any speed restrictions, and it ended up colliding with the stopped IRYO train at 8:53 a.m.

Puente said that the train should never have been told to start moving again since there was still a “stop signal” active on that line. And if it had, at least it should have been told to go at reduced speed.

Authorities were still studying information to see how fast the train was going, but it could have been at 200 kph (124 mph) for that stretch of the track, Puente said.

“I am not attributing responsibility to anyone, I am just stating the facts,” Puente said.

Everything went flying when the trains collided, a passenger said

The crash, which occurred in a flat stretch surrounded by olive fields in between the towns of Urda and Los Yébenes, left carriages shredded into bits of metal and other material, scattering debris down a gravel slope.

Passenger Ignacio Relaño was traveling on the RENFE train. He told state broadcaster TVE that the train had stopped momentarily on the line before it started again and then crashed into the IRYO.

“We all felt the train abruptly slowing down and then the impact,” he said. “The car leaned to one side like it was about to tip over. I hit my nose, everything went flying, luggage, cell phones. Everything shook.”

Authorities said 397 passengers were in the RENFE train and 147 passengers in the IRYO train.

Ambulances and medical helicopters made trips to and from the site, while unscathed survivors were put on buses. A military emergency brigade was deployed to help.

Spain’s King Felipe VI also visited the crash site.

“We share in the grief of the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives, and we send our heartfelt support to the injured and all those affected,” Spain's royals said in a statement.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said “My heart goes out to the victims’ families and loved ones. Today, Europe mourns with you.”

Spain's soccer federation postponed all 24 Copa del Rey games scheduled on Wednesday.

Passengers rescued from one of the trains involved in a collision arrive in Urda, Spain, Oct. 28. AP-Yonhap

Spain already suffered a devastating train crash this year

The wreckage of Wednesday’s crash reminded many of the aftermath of another train collision in January, when 46 people died in southern Spain when an IRYO train jumped the track and hit an oncoming RENFE train. That sent the first two cars of the impacted train plummeting down a four-meter (13-foot) slope.

That crash was the deadliest in Spain since a 2013 crash that killed 80 people.

Before this year, there had been no fatal crash on Spain’s dedicated high-speed lines since the network opened in 1992.

Spain is a leader in high-speed rail

Over recent decades, Spain has invested heavily in high-speed rail — which the country’s railway union defines as rails for trains going 250 kph (155 mph) and over — turning it into a world leader.

Spain has laid some 3,900 kilometers (2,400 miles) of such tracks over more than three decades for its 49 million residents. Only China, with 45,000 kilometers (28,000 miles) for its 1.4 billion people, has more high-speed track, according to the International Union of Railways.

Only recently did Spain open its rail network to private companies to compete against RENFE. The Italian-owned IRYO started operating in Spain in 2022.

A spokesperson for Spain’s train workers’ union, Joan Rodríguez, said increased traffic brought by privatization has put extra strain on rail infrastructure.

“We are not convinced that the liberalization of the high-speed passenger rail service was matched by the necessary upkeep of the lines,” Rodríguez told TVE on Wednesday. “I am not saying it was a determining factor (in the crashes), but yes, the increase in use of the network is a factor to keep in mind.”

周三，一列西班牙国家铁路公司（RENFE）的高速列车在西班牙托莱多撞上一列停靠的西班牙铁路公司（IRYO）列车，造成至少68人死亡，数十人受伤。西班牙交通部长表示，事故原因是计算机故障导致该线路列车停运，之后中央指挥中心下令RENFE列车在停车信号亮起的情况下恢复运行，且未限制车速。政府宣布全国哀悼三天，马德里、雷阿尔城和安达卢西亚之间的铁路服务暂停。

卡斯蒂利亚-拉曼查地区政府表示，有58人在医院接受治疗。

上午8点30分，一段63公里长的路段上的安全系统停止工作，碰撞事故发生在上午8点53分。

当局称，RENFE 列车上有 397 名乘客，IRYO 列车上有 147 名乘客。

今年1月，西班牙南部发生一起涉及RENFE和IRYO运营列车的相撞事故，造成46人死亡。

文章称，西班牙已铺设约3900公里高速铁路，而国际铁路联盟估计中国的高速铁路里程为45000公里。

发布于2026年10月29日凌晨12:22（韩国标准时间）

更新于2026年10月29日下午4:33（韩国标准时间）

10月28日（当地时间），西班牙乌尔达发生两列火车相撞事故，紧急救援人员在现场救治伤者。美联社-韩联社

西班牙乌尔达——周三，西班牙一列高速列车撞上另一列停在铁轨上的列车，造成至少 68 人死亡，数十人受伤。这是今年发生的第二起致命铁路碰撞事故。

卡斯蒂利亚-拉曼恰自治区政府确认了死亡人数，并表示另有58人在医院接受治疗。救援人员当天一直在废墟中搜寻幸存者和遇难者遗体。

此次碰撞事故距离今年1月在西班牙南部发生的一起涉及同一家公司运营的高速列车的致命事故仅九个月。

“今天，整个西班牙都沉浸在悲痛之中，”西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯在坠机现场说道，并宣布政府将宣布全国哀悼三天。

桑切斯呼吁加强安全措施，以恢复人们对曾经是国家骄傲的高速铁路系统的信心。

“像西班牙这样的国家一年内发生两起高铁事故是不可接受的，”桑切斯说道，他将于11月29日参加选举。

西班牙铁路系统运营商 ADIF 表示，事故发生在周三上午，地点位于中部托莱多省，涉及两列载有数百名乘客的高速列车，这两列列车当时正从马德里向南开往塞维利亚。

一列由国有铁路公司RENFE运营的列车撞上了另一列由私营铁路公司IRYO运营的、当时正在停靠的列车尾部。碰撞导致IRYO列车尾部两节车厢和RENFE列车前部两节车厢脱轨。

英国游客萨米·保罗从 RENFE 火车上获救后，向美联社描述了撞击带来的冲击。

“突然间，一切都开始崩塌。砰！我们摔倒了，”他说。“我们发现二号车厢、一号车厢，全都没了，全都摔得粉碎。到处都是血。”

据《国家报》报道，建筑工人大卫·戈麦斯当时正在附近工作，听到撞击声后立即跑去帮忙。

“人们试图从窗户逃出去……我们剪断了一些围栏进入该区域，并用我们带来的急救箱对伤者进行救治，直到急救人员赶到，”他说。“当我试图把一名年轻女子拉出来时，发现她腿上断了一块。”

马德里、雷阿尔城和安达卢西亚之间的铁路服务暂停。

10月28日，一名从相撞列车中获救的乘客抵达西班牙乌尔达。（美联社-韩联社）

交通部长称车祸是由于“无法解释”的决定造成的。

西班牙交通部长奥斯卡·普恩特表示，事故原因是西班牙铁路中央指挥中心在安全系统失效后下达了一项“莫名其妙”的指令。他表示，列车工程师不应承担责任。

普恩特表示，上午8点30分，由于电脑故障，一段长达63公里（39英里）的路段上的安全系统停止工作，导致该路段上的所有列车停运。但中央指挥部指示西班牙国家铁路公司（RENFE）的列车恢复运行，且不限制速度，最终导致该列车于上午8点53分与停运的IRYO列车相撞。

普恩特表示，由于该线路上的“停车信号”仍然有效，根本不应该指示列车重新启动。即使已经启动，至少也应该指示其减速行驶。

普恩特说，当局仍在研究相关信息，以确定列车的行驶速度，但就那一段铁轨而言，列车的速度可能达到了 200 公里/小时（124 英里/小时）。

“我没有指责任何人，我只是陈述事实，”普恩特说。

一名乘客说，火车相撞时，所有东西都飞了出去。

事故发生在乌尔达镇和洛斯耶韦内斯镇之间一片被橄榄田环绕的平坦地带，车厢被撞得粉碎，碎片散落在砾石坡上。

乘客伊格纳西奥·雷拉尼奥当时乘坐的是西班牙国家铁路公司（RENFE）的列车。他告诉西班牙国家电视台（TVE），列车在铁轨上短暂停顿后再次启动，然后撞上了IRYO列车。

“我们都感觉到火车突然减速，然后就发生了撞击，”他说。“车厢向一侧倾斜，好像要翻车似的。我的鼻子撞到了什么东西，行李、手机什么的都飞了出去。一切都在摇晃。”

当局称，RENFE 列车上有 397 名乘客，IRYO 列车上有 147 名乘客。

救护车和医疗直升机往返于现场，未受伤的幸存者则被送上巴士。一支军方应急救援队也被部署到现场协助救援。

西班牙国王费利佩六世也前往了坠机现场。

西班牙王室在一份声明中表示：“我们与遇难者家属和亲友一同分担悲痛，并向伤者和所有受影响的人致以最诚挚的慰问。”

欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩表示：“我向遇难者家属和亲人致以最深切的慰问。今天，欧洲与你们一同哀悼。”

西班牙足球协会推迟了原定于周三举行的全部24场国王杯比赛。

10月28日，从相撞列车中获救的乘客抵达西班牙乌尔达。美联社-韩联社

西班牙今年已经遭受了一场毁灭性的火车事故。

周三的事故现场让许多人想起了今年1月发生在西班牙南部的一起火车相撞事故。当时，一列IRYO列车脱轨，与迎面驶来的RENFE列车相撞，造成46人死亡。事故导致被撞列车的前两节车厢坠落到4米（13英尺）高的斜坡上。

那次车祸是自 2013 年造成 80 人死亡的车祸以来，西班牙发生的最致命的车祸。

在今年之前，自 1992 年西班牙高速铁路网开通以来，西班牙的专用高速铁路上从未发生过致命事故。

西班牙是高速铁路领域的领导者

近几十年来，西班牙大力投资高速铁路——该国铁路工会将其定义为时速 250 公里（155 英里）及以上的列车轨道——使其成为世界领先者。

西班牙在过去三十多年里为其4900万居民铺设了约3900公里（2400英里）的高速铁路。据国际铁路联盟统计，只有中国拥有比西班牙更多的高速铁路，中国拥有45000公里（28000英里）的高速铁路，服务于其14亿人口。

西班牙直到最近才向私营公司开放铁路网络，使其与西班牙国家铁路公司（RENFE）展开竞争。意大利控股的IRYO公司于2022年开始在西班牙运营。

西班牙火车工人工会发言人琼·罗德里格斯表示，私有化带来的客流量增加给铁路基础设施带来了额外的压力。

罗德里格斯周三告诉西班牙国家电视台（TVE）：“我们并不认为高速客运铁路服务的自由化与必要的线路维护相匹配。我并不是说这是（事故发生的）决定性因素，但网络使用量的增加确实是一个需要考虑的因素。”