# Urda train collision: what is known and what is not, five days on

- By: Newsline Post Newsroom
- 2026-11-02T11:33:50.000Z
- Produced with artificial intelligence under human editorial supervision.

## Excerpt

Spain's official toll stands at 69 dead, a control-system failure preceded the crash, and a technical and a judicial inquiry could take a year to name causes. On 28 October 2026 a Renfe high-speed AVE train hit the back of a stationary Iryo train at the entrance to Urda, in Toledo province, on the Madrid-Seville line; the official toll in force is 69 dead. The LZB automatic train-control system failed about 22 minutes before the crash, and trains were running on a backup based on trackside signals, with controllers and drivers coordinating by phone. The cause is not established: the technical inquiry has one year in principle to report, and a judge in Orgaz is leading the judicial investigation with all hypotheses open.

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