Spain transport minister resigns after train crash
The gist
Spanish transport minister Óscar Puente resigned after an October train collision near Urda killed 69 people.
It was Spain's second fatal rail crash in under a year.
How it unfolded
- Jan 18, 2026A high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming train near Cordoba, in Adamuz, Andalusia; the death toll was later given as 46.
- Oct 28, 2026A Renfe AVE train with 397 passengers struck the rear of a stationary Iryo train with 147 passengers near Urda, Toledo province, after a signalling failure halted trains on the Madrid-Seville line; 69 people were killed.
- Oct 30, 2026Puente held a news conference at the Transport Ministry in Madrid two days after the collision.