DEATH TOLL IN SPAIN TRAIN CRASH INCREASES TO 46

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

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A passenger injured in this month’s high-speed train collision in Spain has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 46, regional health authorities confirmed on Friday.

The January 18 crash in Andalusia was already one of Europe’s deadliest rail disasters this century, raising questions about the safety of train travel in Spain, which has the world’s second-largest high-speed network after China.

A spokeswoman for the Andalusia regional government’s health department told AFP that “one of the victims who was hospitalized has died” at Cordoba’s Reina Sofia hospital. She added that the department was not authorized to provide further details.

“Andalusia remains heartbroken… what a tragedy, and what sorrow!” the region’s leader, Juanma Moreno, posted on X.

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The disaster occurred when a train operated by private firm Iryo derailed and collided with an oncoming service run by the public company Renfe.

A preliminary report released last week suggested the track may have been cracked prior to the catastrophe.

On Thursday, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined hundreds of mourners at a memorial Mass for the victims in Huelva, the final destination of the train that suffered the most deaths.