Death toll rises to a final count of 69
5 Oct 29 5:13 PM · 9d ago · 23 articles · 5 videos · 10 posts · 35 comments · 8 sources · development 5 of 8
Authorities confirmed the death toll at 69, making the crash one of Europe's worst rail disasters in modern history and Spain's deadliest since 2013.
“There are a lot of railway tracks that are not in good state so speed must be lowered. There sre incideents and delays routinely, all the time.”
germandiago, HN commenter, identifies as Spanish · hn ↗Óscar Puente Spanish Transport MinisterRenfe State-operated rail companyIryo Private rail operatorMarisa Liebana Relative of a victim
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first by Boston Globe, 9d ago · also Philadelphia Inquirer, AP News, The Independent, The Boston Globe, WRAL, Newsday +2
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first by AP News, 9d ago · also Orlando Sentinel, Baltimore Sun, Mercury News, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hill +2
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first by Japan Today, 6d ago · also Japan Times, CTV News, Castanet, NanaimoNewsNOW, CityNews Halifax
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- Japanese national confirmed dead in Spanish train crash Japan Times · 6d ago
- One Canadian among 69 dead in last week’s Spanish train crash CTV News · 5d ago
- Second Japanese national confirmed dead in Spanish train crash Japan Times · 5d ago
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first by Sydney Morning Herald, 9d ago · also Le Monde EN, ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos, Japan Today, NBC News, News18
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- Spain train collision death toll rises to 69 Le Monde EN · 9d ago
- Death toll climbs to at least 69 as Spanish officials probe high-speed train crash ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 9d ago
- Spanish train crash death toll rises to 69 in grim search for victims Japan Today · 9d ago
- Death toll rises from train collision NBC News · 9d ago
- Spain Train Crash: Death Toll Rises To 68, Nearly 200 Injured After Two Trains Collide Near Toledo News18 · 9d ago
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first by France 24 EN, 10d ago · also NBC News, NY Post, Channel News Asia
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- Death Toll Rises in High-Speed Train Crash in Spain NBC News · 10d ago
- Spanish rescuers search for victims as train crash death toll rises to 69 NY Post · 10d ago
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first by Xinhua, 10d ago · also NDTV, NBC News
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first by France 24 EN, 9d ago
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'Not a F*CKING chance' — Spain horror train collision survivor asked if he’ll ever get on one again Death toll in country’s 2nd major train crash this year rises to 74
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So to explain the used terms more: Most train control systems operate under the assumption of a fixed block. The whole network is separated into blocks, there can always be only one train in a block. Each block is protected by a signal, there must always be a red signal separating one train from the next, and there are sensors that detect when a…
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This is such a crap excuse that it would never fly in aviation for the love of god "Human" error is always system error. End of the story. The safety track of aviation proves it And automatically any accident needs proper accountability from those in charge Transport needs to be cut throat. If there is an accident, if people die, those in charge…
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Spain began demanding answers after its second high-speed train collision this year killed 69 people and injured scores, with relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones. https://www. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/ 30/world/spain-rail-disaster-answers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon # worldnews # spain # railaccidents # rail
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The following is hypothetical, since we do not have a proper safety report yet.It sounds like the issue happened, because there was an error in the line-based train control system (LZB), which led to falling back to the point-based train control system (ASFA). However since there are more virtual blocks in LZB, than physical blocks in ASFA, this…
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I wouldn’t say that Reddit has changed, I think that there is a clear change in the public opinion that is being reflected in the polls everywhere across Europe and a general sentiment of dissatisfaction with the current political system.
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Very sad, condolences to survivors and families # Spain 🇪🇸 # España https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/oct /29/spain-mourning-period-deadly-train-crash https://www. theguardian.com/world/audio/20 26/oct/29/shock-and-anger-in-spain-after-deadly-train-crash-the-latest
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This accident seems to have been caused by human error. Moreover, (from the news) the working arrangements and procedures seem to be such that in the event of a controller (or driver) making a mistake there was no automatic failsafe protection in place to stop the Renfe train.An automatic failsafe mechanism should be installed to stop/cut the…
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From AP: Death toll rises to 69 as rescuers search for missing people after Spain train crash https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=JabwdX-LoT E&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon * VSN-GDPM c1996 # news # SupportIndependentMedia # vsn
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This event was pretty chilling for me because I just took the Renfe line from Seville to Madrid a couple of weeks ago while visiting Spain. I generally like to think that I have a pretty good instinct on relative risks and make reasonable decisions based on that. This time around, between the incident earlier this year and this most recent…
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From AP: 'This is hell': Relatives search for family members after deadly Spain train crash https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=9T4XqazbX7 U&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon * VSN-GDPM c1996 # news # SupportIndependentMedia # vsn
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The main problem.comes from undwr maintenance. I am spanish, we habe known this for years.15 or 20 years ago when I took the train it worked well.Now there are more trains and they increased the traffic like by 70% if I am not wrong and the budget by only 17% and it seems to not scale well enough, for whatever reason I do not know all the…
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Spain begins mourning period as search continues for train crash victims https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/oct /29/spain-mourning-period-deadly-train-crash
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Usually when you look deeper at failures like this, it’s because there’s a morass of bad incentives from the surrounding human system that enforces this kind of behavior.Here is a plausible alternative explanation:They’ve probably seen false warnings over and over and overridden them enough times that they lost sense of the risk. They need to keep…
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From reading only the linked BBC article, I would come to a totally different conclusion. That would sound like more of a dispatcher ordering a manual operation of a train, without having assessed the situation correctly. While yes, this happens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Aibling_rail_accident), this happens on minor single-track lines…
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I’m very wary of finger-pointing like your comment that ultimately serves to advocate for cutting quality of life for citizens.Roughly 31% of Japan’s budget goes to social security. They don’t have problems keeping their high speed trains safe.Cutting pensions won’t make trains safe.I will also point out that on its own without further context, a…
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Deterioration started long before that, according to my sources it started on 2008, but yeah, last 5 years or so it has gone worse. The budget for it has been increasing year by year. It seems that the main problem is not just lack of maintenance but that there's more traffic and new construction.Pensions is 13%PIB which is on the European…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_fatigue> Healthcare: The constant sounds of alarms and noises from blood pressure machines, ventilators and heart monitors> Amber Alerts: sent to cell phones as far away as [...] 15 hour drive> "known to the state of California to cause cancer"etchttps://www.youtube.com/user/USCSBSee also a million USCSB…
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I think aircraft are so safe in this regard because, essentially, they are required to use a single, highly developed collision avoidance system that is well understood. And modern cars are have AEB systems built by vendors aiming for commonality to meet worldwide rules.But train traffic systems seem to be a hodgepodge of different systems…
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I'm a volunteer firefighter in rural NM. We have a commercial property close to us that repeatedly has false alarms on its fire alarm/smoke detection system, to the point where even the best of us are suffering from "the boy who cried wolf" feelings.Because of this, I discovered that (apparently) NY Fire Department charges $5000 per false call on…
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Fundamentally I don't know what the cause is, because there is no full safety report yet, but I doubt that it was a driver error alone, which is what automatic braking systems at signals are actually targeting.There are situations where the dispatcher needs to instruct the driver to ignore the road signals and hence also ignore the automatic…
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Some were installed. But what wasn’t there was the old mechanical ones that cannot be overridden, like ATS that blows the air if you pass a red signal.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_train_stopAny failsafe that can be bypassed manually is just a deferral to humans and eventually will result in disaster.
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it's a matter of budget and political will. Spain simply cannot afford all these train lines, and the system fails. But hey, we have high speed train between Villacojón del Caudillo and Cagalera de la Reina, because they happen to be aligned to the center of the country (Madrit).Meanwhile no high speed rail between València and Barcelona, because…
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Over here in Finland our road infrastructure sucks too, and pensioners take lion's share of all the resources. Yet our trains aren't crashing. There's something wrong with systems and safety culture in your railroads. Bad maintenance doesn't cause trains to crash into each other if proper procedures are followed.Still I agree, pension systems in…
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