At least one person was killed and 37 injured on Tuesday after a commuter train derailed near Barcelona, when a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks in Gelida, regional authorities said.
The incident occurred in Catalonia, just two days after a separate train collision in southern Spain, near Adamuz, killed at least 42 people and left dozens more injured, triggering three days of national mourning.
According to emergency services in Catalonia, five of the injured are in serious condition, while six sustained moderate injuries. The remaining passengers were treated for minor injuries. A total of 20 ambulances were dispatched to the scene, and the injured were transported to nearby hospitals. Regional firefighters said most of those hurt had been travelling in the first carriage of the train.
Emergency crews were still searching for possible victims on Tuesday amid the wreckage from Sunday’s deadly collision some 800 kilometres away, as the scale of the disaster continued to unfold.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez acknowledged the Barcelona-area crash in a post on X, expressing “all my affection and solidarity with the victims and their families”.
While Spain’s high-speed rail network is generally regarded as reliable and, until recently, a source of national confidence, the commuter rail system has long faced operational and reliability issues. Even so, serious rail accidents resulting in fatalities or large numbers of injuries remain rare in both networks.