Chinchilla train collision

{{Short description|2003 train collision in Spain}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

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| date = 3 June 2003

| time = 21:40

| location = Chinchilla de Montearagón, Spain

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| country = Spain

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| type = Train collision

| cause = Human error

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| deaths = 19

| injuries = 50

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The Chinchilla train collision occurred on 3 June 2003, when a passenger train and a freight train collided on the Cartagena-Albacete line in the Castilian-Manchego municipality of Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, Albacete, Spain. The accident, caused by both trains mistakenly being put on the same track,{{Cite news |last=Tremlett |first=Giles |last2=Madrid |date=2003-06-05 |title=19 dead in Spanish train crash |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jun/05/spain.gilestremlett |access-date=2023-09-20 |issn=0261-3077}} resulted in 19 deaths and around 50 wounded.{{cite web|url=http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20130601/region/escuchas-deten-talgo-20130601.html|title="¡Si me escuchas, detén el Talgo!"|first=La|last=Verdad|publisher=}}