Spain’s transport minister says full service on the key Madrid-Seville line, site of a deadly crash, could resume within 10 days as repair work begins.
MADRID: Spain aims to restart full service on a key high-speed railway line within 10 days.
Transport Minister Oscar Puente announced the timeline for the Madrid-Seville line, where a collision killed 45 people on January 18.
“Our aim is that it is completed in a timeframe of approximately 10 calendar days,” Puente wrote on social media platform X.
He stated that legal permission had been received to proceed with replacing the damaged infrastructure.
The partial shutdown followed one of Europe’s deadliest rail accidents this century in the Andalusia region.
A preliminary report last week suggested the track was cracked before a private Iryo train derailed.
It then smashed into an oncoming service operated by state company Renfe.
The disaster has raised doubts about the safety of rail travel in Spain.
The Madrid-Seville line was the country’s first high-speed connection when it opened in 1992.
Spain’s high-speed network has since expanded to become the world’s second-largest after China’s.
