The PP and Vox have announced moves to join the judicial case over the Urda collision. Forensic teams have completed all 69 autopsies and identified 56 victims; investigators have not established the cause.
The Cabinet is expected to approve a decree for Urda rail crash victims on Tuesday. The disaster killed 69 people; 41 remain in hospital, including 16 in intensive care. Óscar Puente is due to give an update after the Cabinet and address Parliament.
Figures supplied for 08:30 on Sunday put 41 injured people in hospital after the Urda train crash, including 16 in intensive care. The death toll stood at 69; 13 victims were still awaiting identification.
Sergio Esteban says access problems at the AVE wreckage ruled out heavy medical units, prompting crews to form an ambulance shuttle in Toledo. The collision left 69 people dead and more than 100 injured.
Semaf has asked the AESF to urgently revise rules governing LZB and ERTMS failures. It wants trains barred from normal running when an outage could leave two trains in the same signalling section.
Recovery crews began lifting carriages in Urda on Saturday as specialists searched for biological remains. The death toll stands at 69 and is not yet final. The Catedral de Toledo is due to host a memorial within days.
Princess Leonor spent her 21st birthday at a family lunch in Zarzuela on 31 October, according to a television report. The gathering took place during official mourning for the Urda rail disaster, with 69 deaths recorded in the latest figures cited.
GAD3 president Narciso Michavila says the Urda rail disaster abruptly shifted his election polling. He now says Pedro Sánchez cannot finish first, while Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s PP could beat its 2023 result.
The Telecinco presenters opened Friday’s ¡De viernes! with a tribute to Raúl Triguero after his death in the Urda rail crash. He was travelling to Seville on a work assignment.
The Madrid to Málaga and Madrid to Seville services are due to start on 6 November. Wizz Air plans two flights a day on each route, with fares ranging from €45.99 to €99.99 after the Urda rail accident.
Tamara González Costa was travelling in carriage 8 of the Renfe train when it crashed in Urda. Her family has confirmed the 31-year-old scientist’s death; researcher Marta Shahbazi was also reported missing.
Juan Ignacio López Espinosa, an architect from A Coruña, was among those killed in the Urda collision. His family travelled to the scene to look for him while authorities worked to identify victims.
Diego González is calling for Transport Minister Óscar Puente to resign after the Adamuz and Urda rail accidents. He alleges 115 high-speed rail deaths in 2026, but the material supplied provides no independent evidence for that tally.
Pedro Sánchez has not asked Óscar Puente to resign, and sources say he does not plan to dismiss him. The minister is due before Congress on 3 November to explain the Urda crash.
Patricia Fernández Häring died in the Urda rail crash on 28 October. The Madrid architect had more than 25 years of experience and was known for her work on accessibility and social projects.
After the Urda rail crash, Emiliano García-Page put the verified toll at 69 and said further deaths could be confirmed. Authorities had received 70 missing-person reports; 12 victims had been identified after 65 autopsies.
Antonio Vázquez, brother of Curro Vázquez and a respected figure in bullfighting, was confirmed among the 69 people killed in Wednesday’s collision near Urda. His family had first received a mistaken report that he was in hospital.
Marta Shahbazi was travelling in carriage 8 to Huelva for a research award when the train crashed at Urda. Her family had no news of her whereabouts and gave DNA samples to the Guardia Civil to help identify missing passengers.
At Fátima Báñez’s funeral, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría recalled her commitment to helping others. CEOE president Antonio Garamendi praised her generosity and described her as a person of dialogue.
Including the 2013 Angrois crash brings the death toll to 195, although it happened on a conventional line. The European Commission says Spain's rail services have relatively low use compared with several EU peers.
Pilar Eyre said Felipe VI’s brief remarks after the Urda rail disaster fell short and criticised his initial reference to Adamuz. She praised Queen Letizia for alerting him to the mistake during their visit to a Toledo hospital.
Seventy missing-person complaints were filed after the 28 October collision near Urda, which killed 69 people. The Guardia Civil says some reports may concern victims awaiting identification; Efe cited 62 people counted missing.
The Cambridge embryologist was among those unaccounted for after two trains collided in Urda. Her brother Carlos Shahbazi told EL PAÍS the family had received no news from authorities at the time.
Juan Ignacio López Espinosa, 63, was travelling from Málaga to A Coruña when the AVE collided with an Iryo in Urda. His family had reported him missing on the day of the crash; he was among 69 people killed.
One car overturned onto its side after a head-on collision on the CV-50 in Catadau, trapping an occupant by the steering wheel. The provincial fire service received the alert at about 14:20.
Actor César Vicente confirmed his father died in the Urda rail crash. Antonio Vázquez, brother of bullfighter Curro Vázquez, was also among the dead after his family was mistakenly told he had been taken to hospital.
AESF completed or had under way 19 of 27 planned audit actions on Adif in 2025. The six-year shortfall has drawn fresh scrutiny after the Urda crash killed at least 69 people and injured more than 200.
The Madrid-Seville line’s ageing LZB system has suffered repeated transmission failures, forcing trains to switch to manual operation. A safety upgrade awarded in 2021 was still awaiting implementation in the supplied account.
Juan Manuel Parra, an emergency doctor at Hospital de Alcorcón, was travelling on the AVE that collided with an Iryo near Urda. He used a belt as a tourniquet on a passenger with an amputated arm before emergency teams arrived.
Rail workers repeatedly warned Adif of severe staffing gaps at control centres, including Atocha. They reported routinely uncovered emergency shifts and missed breaks as the Government focused scrutiny on the centre after the Urda crash.
Railway sources say Atocha controllers went from managing 15 high-speed trains at once to 40 as competition expanded. Unions oppose making the worker who cleared the AVE the sole focus of the Urda collision.
The actor used Социальная сеть Stories to ask followers to donate at nearby health centres or mobile collection points. Semana reported that he gave blood at hospital Infanta Sofía in Madrid on Thursday, October 29.
At least 69 people died in the Urda train collision. In the immediate aftermath, the Government backed Óscar Puente as coalition partners and the opposition pressed for political accountability.
The Partido Popular has asked Parliament’s Permanent Deputation to summon Pedro Sánchez over the Urda rail disaster. It says a ministerial appearance would not resolve questions about responsibility for railway management.
Antonio Vázquez was found dead on Thursday afternoon after hours missing following the Urda rail crash. His family had been told he was at Toledo’s university hospital, but his name was absent from its official records.
