The death toll from the rear-end collision of a Renfe AVE and an Iryo high-speed train near Urda in Toledo province has risen to at least 64, with dozens injured, according to regional authorities.
The death toll from the collision of two high-speed trains near Urda in Toledo province, Spain, on the morning of October 28th, 2026, has risen to at least 64, regional authorities in Castilla-La Mancha said.
A Renfe AVE service and an Iryo train traveling from Madrid to Seville were involved in a rear-end collision, with carriages derailing; earlier reports put the combined passenger total at 544.
Transport Minister Óscar Puente said a control center had mistakenly ordered the Renfe train to resume after a signaling issue stopped trains, sending it into the stationary Iryo train.
Castilla-La Mancha officials and multiple independent outlets including Reuters, BBC and the Guardian confirm the updated toll of 64 dead and dozens injured, with rescue operations continuing and the figure expected to rise further; this updates the earlier count of at least 30 reported earlier in the day.
The crash is the second fatal high-speed incident on Spanish lines this year after the January Adamuz disaster, prompting questions about signaling systems as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez traveled to the site.