2017 Barcelona train crash | |
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Details | |
Date | 28 July 2017 ~07:15 CEST (~05:15 UTC) |
Location | Barcelona França railway station, Barcelona |
Country | Spain |
Line | R2 line |
Operator | Renfe Operadora |
Incident type | Collision with buffers and derailment |
Cause | Under investigation |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Injured | 60 |
On 28 July 2017, a passenger train crashed into a buffer stop and derailed at Barcelona França station in Barcelona, Spain. Sixty people were injured, eleven of them seriously, including the driver. [1]
The accident happened at about 07:15 CEST (05:15 UTC). [2] A commuter train collided with the buffers at Barcelona França station and derailed. [3] The train was operating a Sant Vicenç de Calders – Barcelona França service on the R2 line. [4]
The train involved was an electric multiple unit of RENFE Class 465, number 210M. [2] Witnesses stated that the train did not brake on entering the station. [5] Fifty-six people were injured, [6] five seriously. [4] Eighteen people were taken to hospital. Victims were taken to four different hospitals in Barcelona. [2]
The Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF) opened an investigation into the accident. [5] The Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes Ferroviarios (CIAF) is also responsible for investigating railway accidents in Spain. Its staff were seen on site following the accident. [7] The train driver was found not to have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The train event recorder was recovered from the train. [6]
2017 Barcelona train crash | |
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Details | |
Date | 28 July 2017 ~07:15 CEST (~05:15 UTC) |
Location | Barcelona França railway station, Barcelona |
Country | Spain |
Line | R2 line |
Operator | Renfe Operadora |
Incident type | Collision with buffers and derailment |
Cause | Under investigation |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Injured | 60 |
On 28 July 2017, a passenger train crashed into a buffer stop and derailed at Barcelona França station in Barcelona, Spain. Sixty people were injured, eleven of them seriously, including the driver. [1]
The accident happened at about 07:15 CEST (05:15 UTC). [2] A commuter train collided with the buffers at Barcelona França station and derailed. [3] The train was operating a Sant Vicenç de Calders – Barcelona França service on the R2 line. [4]
The train involved was an electric multiple unit of RENFE Class 465, number 210M. [2] Witnesses stated that the train did not brake on entering the station. [5] Fifty-six people were injured, [6] five seriously. [4] Eighteen people were taken to hospital. Victims were taken to four different hospitals in Barcelona. [2]
The Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF) opened an investigation into the accident. [5] The Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes Ferroviarios (CIAF) is also responsible for investigating railway accidents in Spain. Its staff were seen on site following the accident. [7] The train driver was found not to have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The train event recorder was recovered from the train. [6]