Spanish officials announced that 50 people had been killed and many others injured as a result of a collision between two trains in the Castilla-La Mancha region. Meanwhile, high-speed train services on the route between Madrid and the south of the country have been suspended until further notice.
Today, Wednesday, 28 October 2026, Spanish authorities announced that the number of people killed in the collision between two trains in the Castilla-La Mancha region had risen to 50.
Meanwhile, Manuel Galán, the mayor of the town of Urda, confirmed the incident in an interview with Spain’s public broadcaster (TVE) and referred to the large number of injured. At the same time, a spokesperson for Spain’s emergency and rescue organization explained that the incident occurred shortly before 9:00 a.m. local time, and that all available resources, including firefighting teams, three rescue helicopters and two mobile intensive care units, had been deployed to rescue those affected.
Because of the disaster, Spain’s railway infrastructure management company, Adif, decided to completely suspend train services on the high-speed route between Madrid, the capital, and the south of the country for an indefinite period. It is worth noting that the incident occurred less than a year after a similar disaster in the town of Adamuz in southern Spain, in which 46 people were killed after two trains collided.
