Train collides with crane in Spain’s 4th rail crash in a week, several injured

Published January 22, 2026
Spanish Civil Guards and forestry agents line up to inspect the crash site as removal works continue following the deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain on January 22, 2026. — Reuters
Spanish Civil Guards and forestry agents line up to inspect the crash site as removal works continue following the deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain on January 22, 2026. — Reuters

A commuter train collided with a crane in southeastern Spain on Thursday, emergency services said, in the country’s fourth rail crash in less than a week.

Several people suffered minor injuries in the crash near the port city of Cartagena in Murcia region, authorities added.

“The train hasn’t been overturned or derailed,” a spokesperson for Murcia’s emergency services said. The first calls about the crash came in just after noon, they added.

“There are several lightly injured” and the crane did not belong to Renfe, Spain’s national state-owned railway company, a spokeswoman told AFP.

A collision between two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia on Sunday killed 43 people — Spain’s deadliest rail disaster in more than a decade.

On Tuesday, a commuter train ploughed into the rubble of a collapsed retaining wall near Barcelona, killing one and injuring 37.

The train driver union has called a three-day strike for February, saying it was “the only legal route left for workers to demand the restoration of the rail system’s safety” for staff and users.

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