Madrid, Kingdom of Spain; Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany (Weltexpress). At least 50 people have been killed and a further 179 injured in a collision between two high-speed passenger trains in the province of Toledo in central Spain, as reported by the local television station Antena 3 on Wednesday, 28 October 2026. It is reported that there were over 500 people on board the two trains in total.
Earlier, a spokeswoman for the regional government of the Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha, also known as New Castile, stated that 30 people had died in the train crash. This was reported on TVE.
The daily newspaper ABC had previously reported that at least 46 people had lost their lives in the tragic accident, which occurred at around 9 am local time near the town of Urda in New Castile. Two carriages of one of the trains derailed.
A train operated by the state-owned railway company Renfe and one operated by the private railway company Iryo are said to have collided. Train services between Madrid and Andalusia were completely suspended.
Pedro Sánchez had already tweeted on X (28 October 2026) to express his condolences regarding the “serious train accident in Toledo”. His “sympathy, solidarity and support go out to all the victims and their families”, he said.
The last serious train accident in the Kingdom of Spain was reported in January 2026.
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With material from TASS.
