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Spain suspends high-speed train services after deadly collision

Emergency workers next to one of the derailed high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, 19 January 2026. © Susana Vera/Reuters

At least 39 people were killed and more than 120 injured when a high-speed train in southern Spain derailed and was hit by another. Sunday night's accident on Europe's largest high-speed rail network has surprised experts, because it occurred with a relatively new train on a straight piece of track.

Spain on Monday reeled from a collision between two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia that killed 39 people and injured more than 120, with the prime minister lamenting a "night of deep pain".

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