Train driver and head of safety convicted over Santiago de Compostela derailment

Santiago de Compostela derailment

Photos: Contando Estrelas/CC BY 2.0

SPAIN: It was ‘incomprehensible’ that a high speed line equipped with ERTMS would not have it installed at a location where a speed restriction meant it was so obviously required, the judge said when a criminal court reached its verdict on the July 24 2013 derailment of a Class 730 Alvia train.

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