A system failure, a green light and 25 kilometres: how the Urda rail disaster unfolded

AI-generated, photorealistic illustration of two high-speed trains travelling along a railway line in Spain.

At least 68 people have been killed after a high-speed train ploughed into the back of another on the Madrid–Seville line in the province of Toledo. Investigators are focusing on the failure of a safety system and an instruction to…

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