#PRESIDENTIAL The government excludes changing the dates of the presidential election, set for April 18 and May 2, with a second round the day after the May 1 mobilization which raises fears among some of excesses, following the violence of October 17.
Faced with this tragedy, the French embassy in Spain reminded people who know travelers present on one of the two trains involved that they can contact dedicated numbers.
The authorities still have little information on the precise reasons for this collision. However, an operator at the control center mistakenly gave the Renfe train the order to leave.
This shock caused the derailment of several cars of the two trains, constituting one of the worst railway disasters in Spain.
Experts estimate that when emergency braking is activated, it takes about three kilometers to come to a complete stop.
With four thousand kilometers of track, the Spanish high-speed rail network remains the second largest in the world.
Forty-six passengers died on January 18 in Andalusia after a collision between two high-speed trains, according to a new report released by the authorities which initially reported 31 deaths.