One dead, 37 injured in Spanish train crash — just two days after railway wreck kills 43

One dead, 37 injured in Spanish train crash — just two days after railway wreck kills 43


GELIDA, Spain — Commuter rail service in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona commuter train crashed the night before, killing one person and injuring 37 others, authorities said.

The crash came two days after Spain’s worst railway disaster since 2013, which left many Spaniards in disbelief.

The death toll in that crash, in southern Spain, rose to 43.

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 This photo shows the site of a train derailment accident in Gelida, Spain, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026.  Xinhua/Shutterstock Police officers and firefighters inspect the damage after a commuter train derailed as a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks in Gelida, near Barcelona. AP

The commuter train on Tuesday night hit a retaining wall that fell onto the tracks near the Catalan town of

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