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data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/97\/06\/20\/1536x864_cmsv2_866337c6-1ad7-52f7-88b5-29bb558e87d9-9970620.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Oscar Puente, Minister of Transport\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Oscar Puente, Minister of Transport<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Ministerio de Tranportes<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Ministerio de Tranportes\n  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class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Transport Minister \u00d3scar Puente has said an \u201cinexplicable\u201d decision by a central control centre in Madrid is at the centre of the investigation into Wednesday\u2019s high-speed train crash in Castilla-La Mancha, rather than the actions of the train drivers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At least 68 people have died and 58 are receiving treatment in hospital, according to regional authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Puente said an order he describes as &#8220;inexplicable&#8221; from the central control centre had allowed the high-speed Renfe-operated train to resume normal running after a safety system failed. He stressed that the train drivers were not to blame and said the investigation was now examining how that decision was made.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, at around 8:30 am the LZB safety system failed along a 63-kilometre stretch of track because of a computer malfunction, automatically bringing around six trains to a halt. The control centre then took over management of the traffic.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:36 am, the Renfe AVE high-speed train was authorised to resume normal running despite a red signal remaining active on the line. It then travelled around 25 kilometres before colliding with a stationary Iryo train at around 8:53 am.<\/p>\n<p>Puente said the AVE should instead have been operating under the &#8220;marcha a la vista&#8221; procedure, a railway safety measure used when automated control systems fail. Under the procedure, trains must travel at reduced speed so that drivers can stop if they encounter an obstacle or another train on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are still examining data to establish the train\u2019s exact speed before the collision, although Puente said it could have reached up to 200 kilometres per hour on that section of track.<\/p>\n<p>Puente described the incident as &#8220;one of the toughest moments anyone can face&#8221; and expressed his solidarity and sympathy with the victims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/97\/06\/20\/808x539_cmsv2_6e5c3360-207b-58cd-a6cb-2f3a7f880b1c-9970620.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency services assist victims at the site of the collision between two trains in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday 28 October 2026. \"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Emergency services assist victims at the site of the collision between two trains in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday 28 October 2026. <\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez said that &#8220;the whole of Spain is in mourning&#8221; following the accident and expressed his solidarity with the victims, their families and the injured.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1nchez said the government&#8217;s immediate priority was to care for victims and their relatives, locate survivors and ensure those affected received material and psychological support.<\/p>\n<p>He also praised the work of emergency and Civil Protection services and the coordination between the authorities involved in the response.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1nchez warned that if failures in the safety systems were confirmed, the government would respond firmly.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also announced three days of national mourning. <\/p>\n<p>The collision was Spain\u2019s second deadly high-speed rail crash this year, after 46 people were killed in another accident involving Renfe and Iryo trains in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span 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He stressed that the train drivers were not to blame and said the investigation was now examining how that decision was made.According to the minister, at around 8:30 am the LZB safety system failed along a 63-kilometre stretch of track because of a computer malfunction, automatically bringing around six trains to a halt. The control centre then took over management of the traffic.At 8:36 am, the Renfe AVE high-speed train was authorised to resume normal running despite a red signal remaining active on the line. It then travelled around 25 kilometres before colliding with a stationary Iryo train at around 8:53 am.Puente said the AVE should instead have been operating under the &#8220;marcha a la vista&#8221; procedure, a railway safety measure used when automated control systems fail. Under the procedure, trains must travel at reduced speed so that drivers can stop if they encounter an obstacle or another train on the line.Authorities are still examining data to establish the train\u2019s exact speed before the collision, although Puente said it could have reached up to 200 kilometres per hour on that section of track.Puente described the incident as &#8220;one of the toughest moments anyone can face&#8221; and expressed his solidarity and sympathy with the victims.Spain&#8217;s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez said that &#8220;the whole of Spain is in mourning&#8221; following the accident and expressed his solidarity with the victims, their families and the injured.S\u00e1nchez said the government&#8217;s immediate priority was to care for victims and their relatives, locate survivors and ensure those affected received material and psychological support.He also praised the work of emergency and Civil Protection services and the coordination between the authorities involved in the response.S\u00e1nchez warned that if failures in the safety systems were confirmed, the government would respond firmly.The prime minister also announced three days of national mourning.The collision was Spain\u2019s second deadly high-speed rail crash this year, after 46 people were killed in another accident involving Renfe and Iryo trains in January.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/10\/28\/inexplicable-order-by-control-centre-investigated-after-spain-train-crash&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/97\/06\/20\/1200x675_cmsv2_866337c6-1ad7-52f7-88b5-29bb558e87d9-9970620.jpg&#8221;] Sport Europa League match rescheduled amid planned French general strike Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | October 28th, 2026 \u2013 Evening Europe News Poland chosen to host \u20ac227m Patriot missile maintenance centre USA 60,000 runners, two million spectators: New York gears up for marathon News Europe Europe News \u2018Inexplicable\u2019 order [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2224776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2224776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2224776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2224776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2224776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}