View of the two smashed trains near Toledo, Spain, 29 Oct 2026, with rescuers' cranes at scene and a plain and hills in backgroundImage source, Reuters
BySarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent , Reporting fromToledo
  • Published27 minutes ago

The breaking news from Spain this week was shocking but also shockingly familiar: another collision on the high-speed rail line south from Madrid, with reports of dozens killed.

It is just nine months since two trains crashed near Cordoba, killing 46 people. Now 69 bodies have been recovered here in central Spain, from wreckage strewn over the tracks and down an embankment.