How a high-speed train crash unfolded in central Spain - Reuters

Two high-speed trains collided in Spain on Wednesday just before 9 a.m. (0800 GMT), killing at least 68 people and injuring nearly 80, prompting the suspension of rail services between Madrid and the southern Andalusia region. The crash is the deadliest in Spain since 2013 and is the second collision between high-speed trains on the same line in nine months, following an accident in January on the route that killed 46 people. Map of Spain’s railway network showing high-speed and conventional lines. Two crash sites are marked on the Madrid–Seville high-speed line: Urda, in Toledo province, where two high-speed trains collided on Oct. 28, 2026, and Adamuz, in Córdoba province, the site of a train crash on Jan. 18, 2026 in which 46 people died.