Spain’s government faces a critical challenge to restore public trust in its rail system following deadly crashes, a task complicated by the urgency of an upcoming snap election.
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Pedro Sánchez and his socialist-led coalition government are racing to rebuild trust ahead of a snap election, but the task they face is immense• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereA week ago today, for the second time in nine months, I got in my car and drove south from Madrid to cover a deadly train crash.At 8.53am last Wednesday, a high-speed train operated by Spain’s state-owned rail company, Renfe, smashed into the back of a stationary train run by the private rail company Iryo, on the outskirts of the small town of Urda in Castilla-La Mancha. Sixty-nine people died in the accident, more than 100 were injured, and Spain’s already depleted confidence in its treasured rail network plummeted. Continue reading...
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