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Spain train crash: scores killed, more than 130 injured

Death toll rises to 60 after train with 247 people on board derails near Santiago de Compostela...

Dozens die as Spanish train derails in Galicia

Spanish train crash: many dead as train derails near Santiago de Compostela (photos)

77 confirmed dead in train accident (video report)

Spain train crash: Galicia derailment kills 78

Media reports say the train may have been travelling at more than twice the speed limit around a curve...

Spanish train driver 'admitted to going too fast'

the driver had said that he was travelling at 190km/h in a part of the rail network where the speed limit is 80km/h.

Spain Rail Crash: Train 'Travelling Too Fast'

Spain train crash: Driver faces investigation

Includes CCTV footage of the derailment as it happened

Spain rail crash: why was train travelling so fast on bend?

Spain's King Juan Carlos visits injured train survivors

Spain High Speed Train Crash: Photos from Rescue Site

Online scam attemps to profit from Spain rail disaster

Spain train crash: Driver formally detained

The driver of a train that derailed on Wednesday killing 78 people has been formally detained, Spanish police say...

Why a train crash like Santiago is thought to be unlikely in Britain

The UK has learned lessons since the Railtrack era, and it is almost six years since a train passenger died in an accident...

Transmitters have been installed in 20,000 risk locations: before every platform and single track – and ahead of curves on the track where speed limits are significantly reduced. If the train is going too fast, it brakes automatically – regardless of the driver...

Spain driver held 'for manslaughter'

Train Crash Driver Held For Reckless Homicide

WCC expresses condolences for the victims of train derailment in Spain

[WCC = World Council of Churches]

Last train car removed from wreckage site (video)

Train tragedy

Spain train crash driver 'admits he was reckless'

The railway drivers' union expressed concern that Garzón had been formally accused before the extraction and analysis of data from the so-called "black boxes".

It is hoped the onboard recorders will offer clues as to why a driver known for his prudence entered the curve at more than twice the 80kph (49mph) limit...

Spain train driver 'on phone' at time of deadly crash

"Minutes before the train came off the tracks he received a call on his work phone to get indications on the route he had to take to get to Ferrol. From the content of the conversation and background noise it seems that the driver consulted a map or paper document"...

Spanish train driver was talking to Renfe at time of crash

Spanish train crash: investigators say driver got three speed warnings

Investigators say the driver of a Spanish train that crashed, killing 79 people, received three warnings to reduce speed in the two minutes before the train hurtled off the tracks...

Spain Train Crash: Black Box Data Disclosed