Train line R1 out of service, while all railway infrastructure is checked after three derailments in 48 hours caused accidents that left dozens dead in El Masnou, Spain, on January 22, 2026.
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A commuter train has crashed into a construction crane in southeastern Spain, leaving an undetermined number of people lightly injured, regional emergency services said on Thursday (January 22, 2026).
“The train hasn’t been overturned nor derailed,” a spokesperson for emergency services in the southeastern Murcia region told Reuters.
The crash occured near Murcia’s Cartagena. It came after Sunday’s (January 18, 2026) deadly high-speed train collision in the southern Andalusia region that killed at least 43 people and two other crashes in Catalonia on Tuesday (January 20, 2026).
Spanish rail operator Adif said on X that traffic on that line was interrupted due to “the intrusion into the infrastructure gauge by a crane not belonging to the railway operation”, without providing further details.
Published – January 22, 2026 06:21 pm IST
