| High Speed Train crash, Cordoba province, Spain 18-1-26 Posted by eightonedee at 22:18, 18th January 2026 |     |
Sadly it appears that there has been a crash involving two trains in southern Spain.
I have seen this while watching the 10pm BBC News, and on checking their website (www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedw6ylpynyo) the story is there, albeit the confirmed death toll has increased from 5 to 10.
Thoughts with all involved
| Re: High Speed Train crash, Cordoba province, Spain 18-1-26 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 23:16, 18th January 2026 | |
From the BBC, the death toll has sadly risen to 21. [Image from here is not available to guests]
| Re: High Speed Train crash, Cordoba province, Spain 18-1-26 Posted by ChrisB at 08:07, 19th January 2026 | |
Now 39, and climbing.
It seems that one derailed & collided with another coming in the reverse direction, which then has gone off down an embankment & is hard to reach. They are expecting to recover further bodies
| Re: High Speed Train crash, Cordoba province, Spain 18-1-26 Posted by Mark A at 08:43, 19th January 2026 | |
West of the town of Adamuz, a pair of crossovers, referred to here:
"De acuerdo con esta misma fuente, el tren LD AV Iryo 6189, que realizaba el trayecto Málaga–Puerta de Atocha, descarriló en los desvíos de entrada de la vía 1 de Adamuz e invadió la vía contigua, por la que circulaba el convoy LD AV 2384 Puerta de Atocha–Huelva, que también descarriló."
An automatic translation:
"According to the same source, the LD AV Iryo 6189 train, which was traveling the Málaga–Puerta de Atocha route, derailed at the entry switches of track 1 in Adamuz and invaded the adjacent track, on which the LD AV 2384 Puerta de Atocha–Huelva train was also traveling, causing it to derail as well."
Source: https://www.fuenlabradanoticias.com/articulo/actualidad/39-mueertos-152-heridos-descarrilamiento-dos-trenes-alta-velocidad-adamuz-cordoba/20260118213807186538.html
Thoughts with the people caught up in this.
Mark
