2017 Barcelona train crash
{{Short description|Passenger train crash in Barcelona on 28 July 2017}}
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| date = 28 July 2017
| time = ~07:15 CEST (~05:15 UTC)
| location = Barcelona França railway station, Barcelona
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| country = Spain
| line = R2 line
| operator = Renfe Operadora
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| type = Collision with buffers and derailment
| cause = Under investigation
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On 28 July 2017, a passenger train crashed into a buffer stop and derailed at {{rws|Barcelona França}} station in Barcelona, Spain. Sixty people were injured, eleven of them seriously, including the driver.{{Cite web|title=Investigación del accidente nº 0035/2017|url=https://www.mitma.gob.es/recursos_mfom/paginabasica/recursos/191217-170728-if-sn_ciaf.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606182922/https://www.mitma.gob.es/recursos_mfom/paginabasica/recursos/191217-170728-if-sn_ciaf.pdf |archive-date=2021-06-06 }}
Accident
The accident happened at about 07:15 CEST (05:15 UTC). A commuter train collided with the buffers at {{rws|Barcelona França}} station and derailed.{{cite web |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2017/07/28/catalunya/1501222525_729059.html |title=40 heridos en el accidente de un tren de Rodalies en Barcelona |trans-title=40 injured in a Rodalies train accident in Barcelona |language=Spanish |first1=Alfonso L. |last1=Congostrina |first2=Clara |last2=Blanchar |work=El País |date=28 July 2017 |accessdate=28 July 2017}} The train was operating a {{rws|Sant Vicenç de Calders}} – {{rws|Barcelona França}} service on the R2 line.{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/28/at-least-48-people-injured-in-train-crash-at-station-in-barcelona-6812047/?ito=facebook |title=At least 48 people injured in train crash at station in Barcelona |first=Richard |last=Hartley-Parkinson |publisher=Associated Newspapers |work=Metro |date=28 July 2017 |accessdate=28 July 2017}}
The train involved was an electric multiple unit of RENFE Class 465, number 210M. Witnesses stated that the train did not brake on entering the station.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40750343 |title=Barcelona train crash injures 54 |work=BBC News |date=28 July 2017 |publisher=BBC News Online |accessdate=28 July 2017}} Fifty-six people were injured, five seriously. Eighteen people were taken to hospital. Victims were taken to four different hospitals in Barcelona.{{Cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/834055/Barcelona-train-crash-latest-news-Franca-station-injured-Spain |title=BREAKING: Barcelona train crash - scores injured as rush-hour service ploughs into station |last=Perring |first=Rebecca |date=28 July 2017 |work=Express.co.uk|access-date=28 July 2017 }}
Investigation
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The Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF) opened an investigation into the accident. The Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes Ferroviarios (CIAF) is also responsible for investigating railway accidents in Spain. Its staff were seen on site following the accident.{{cite tweet |user=Davidguerrero |author=David Guerrero |number=890873829253361664 |language=Spanish |date=28 July 2017 |title=(untitled tweet)}} The train driver was found not to have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The train event recorder was recovered from the train.{{cite web |url=https://cat.elpais.com/cat/2017/07/29/catalunya/1501321388_169749.html |title=Així va ser l'accident del tren de Rodalies a l'estació de França |work=El País |trans-title=this was the Rodalies train accident at França station |language=Catalan |date=29 July 2017 |accessdate=30 July 2017}}
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