Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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The Spanish high speed train disaster occurred in July 2013 and was the worst rail accident in Spain in over 40 years. The accident occurred in the last hour of the journey while passing thru Santiago de Compostela. 79 of the 222 aboard sadly lost their lives.






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Various train interior footage LEO F youtube.com/channel/UCJe89f8SKxBYMzEsK7fYUTQ
Cab view - Trains TrainsTrains channel or Führerstandsmitfahrt creative commons
Alvia at Riocorvo - Charly Smith
Spain jhigh speed network map - HrAd, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
s730 on viaduct - Kabelleger / David Gubler (http://www.bahnbilder.ch), CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
s730 Andrés Gómez - Club Ferroviario 241, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
s730 Pedro Seoane Prado, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cab view pic with signals - bigbug21, CC BY-SA 2.5 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Ambulance - Quentin. dny
Train with fire and smoke image - Xosema, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rescuers working at night - Contando Estrelas from Vigo, España / Spain, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Derailed power car - Contando Estrelas from Vigo, España / Spain, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
S730 at platform - Steve Dennison
s730 Mountain scene - castelopequeno65