BARCELONA: Spain’s railway system was below scrutiny on Wednesday (Jan 21) after a commuter service crashed close to Barcelona, days after at least 43 people were killed in a collision between two high-speed trains.
A prepare driver died and 37 folks had been injured – a number of severely – within the newest incident late on Tuesday. The commuter prepare hit a retaining wall that fell onto the tracks in Gelida close to Barcelona, regional officers stated.
Railway operator Adif stated the wall possible collapsed as a consequence of heavy rainfall that has swept throughout Spain’s northeastern area of Catalonia in current days.
Spain was already reeling from Sunday’s collision within the southern area of Andalusia, the nation’s deadliest rail accident in additional than a decade.
One other physique was recovered on Wednesday on the website of the accident close to the village of Adamuz, bringing the confirmed demise toll to 43, authorities stated.
“That is an excessive amount of,” the top of the conservative major opposition In style Social gathering, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, wrote on X. His occasion demanded an “rapid clarification” of the state of the nation’s railways.
Chatting with reporters on Tuesday earlier than the Barcelona-area crash, far-right occasion Vox’s spokeswoman Pepa Millan stated Spaniards had been now “afraid to get on a prepare”.
Raluca Maria Pasca, a 45-year-old waitress, stated she had seen that high-speed trains “have been shaking these days”.
“I’ve felt it myself. They should repair the issue,” she advised AFP on the prepare station within the southern metropolis of Cordoba.
Alexandra Leroy, a restaurant proprietor from France who was on vacation in Cordoba, stated she was now “just a little” anxious to take the prepare.
“If it simply occurred in Barcelona too, twice, that is so much,” she added.
