Investigators are seeking train-movement records from Atocha and operational protocols from ADIF as they reconstruct the minutes around the 28 October collision near Urda, Toledo. The crash occurred shortly before 9 a.m., when a Renfe AVE struck an Iryo train stopped on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line. Orgaz Investigating Court No. 2 is leading the judicial inquiry, while Spain’s railway accident investigation authority conducts a separate technical investigation. The judge has also ordered the proceedings kept secret.
A two-kilometre section of the Madrid-Seville high-speed line is closed to anyone without judicial authorisation. The restriction covers the track in both directions. State security forces and rescue teams may remain at the site, along with medical and judicial personnel.
The order bars the removal of any item from the affected area and prohibits taking or sharing images. The judge said the measures are intended to clarify what happened and preserve evidence. Police were also instructed to secure the trains’ event-recording equipment and obtain ADIF records, including operating protocols and traffic-control data.
Toledo Judicial Police are to take custody of any black boxes recovered from the trains involved for later analysis. The recorders preserve operational data and driver actions. Investigators are also examining a preceding failure of the LZB train-protection system that affected a 69-kilometre stretch in Toledo and left six trains stranded. A separate earlier audio report described Adif control telling trains to resume normal running while the Iryo driver said she remained stopped at a signal.
Police have been instructed to attend Atocha’s control centre and collect information on train movements near the crash. They must also obtain the ADIF investigation commission’s report identifying the people responsible for the control desk at the time of the accident. The Guardia Civil questioned the Adif control-centre operator responsible for regulating traffic on the line. Officers also assisted technicians from the railway accident investigation authority.
In a separate request, Toledo Judicial Police will collect ADIF protocols covering the period from the minutes before the crash through the time afterwards. Recordings reviewed by RTVE include the Iryo driver reporting a loss of signalling transmission and saying her train was stopped at Urda’s entry signal; the control centre replied that she was not authorised to restart. Reporting on the recordings also described an instruction for the AVE to resume at normal speed. Investigators are examining control-room communications alongside the trains’ recording systems as they reconstruct the sequence of events. The judge has ordered the investigation kept secret.
