High-speed train crash in southern Spain kills 39
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Forty-eight people remain in hospital, with 12 in intensive care, after two trains collide in Córdoba province

At least 39 people have been killed and 12 are in intensive care after two trains collided in southern Spain on Sunday night in what the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called “a night of deep pain for our country”.

A high-speed Iryo train travelling from Málaga to Madrid derailed near the municipality of Adamuz in Córdoba province at around 7.40pm on Sunday, crossing on to the other track where it hit an oncoming train, Adif, Spain’s rail infrastructure authority, posted on X.

The death/injury numbers have been going up since the last report a few hours ago

  • bufalo1973@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago
    • The black out that was because Endesa, Iberdrola and the rest of PRIVATE companies didn’t do their job right.
    • The car charging infrastructure (that I’m a user of) that is build by PRIVATE companies.

    And PP WAS different (but not that much) from V 🤮x before. But today Ayuso is moving the party toward the far right with little push back from Feijoo. Remember: Aznar came from Falange, not the center-right and about Rajoy, I’ll just say one thing: Caso Reace.

    About the Renfe problems… just one thing: I live in Extremadura 🤷

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
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      2 days ago

      The black out that was because Endesa, Iberdrola and the rest of PRIVATE companies didn’t do their job right. The car charging infrastructure (that I’m a user of) that is build by PRIVATE companies.

      And what the government is supposed to do is to REGULATED those companies. It’s supposed to have a energy policy that will not destabilize and collapse the grid. If it pushes green energy it should also invest in proper energy grid that can handle it.

      Same for car charging infrastructure. They let private companies do whatever the want while subsidizing them with public money. Now I have to use private chargers using private apps that require all personal data. Chargers that were build using money from my taxes. The government ignored the whole thing for years and is only now building first public charging stations. This is all coming years later than mandated by EU. So they are supposedly pushing sustainable transportation but in reality they just gave bunch of money to private companies creating the worst system possible.

      And it’s the same with Renfe. They pushed public transport while mismanaging the infrastructure. They spend bunch of money connecting smaller town and increasing numbers of passengers pushing the tracks beyond its limit.

      So they have good ideas, I like the direction they want to take us but they are terrible executing at managing things. It’s Podemos releasing rapists from prisons by mistake but on national scale.

      Still, it’s not that I strongly oppose PSOE. I more tired of their bullshit and I think a change will not be that bad. Maybe it will give them chance to change leadership, reorganize, unite on the left… Having Vox in the ruling coalition will suck but things can’t continue the way they are now.