Second resignation after the train accident in which 69 people died in Spain

Following the collision of two high-speed trains in Spain, in which 69 people died, Luis Pedro Marco de la Pena, the president of ADIF, the railway infrastructure organization affiliated with the Ministry of Transport, resigned.

The second resignation came in Spain after the high-speed train accident that occurred on October 28 near the city of Toledo.

Following the resignation of Transport and Sustainable Mobility Minister Oscar Puente Santiago yesterday, Luis Pedro Marco de la Pena, President of ADIF, the public organization responsible for railway infrastructure, resigned today.

De la Pena submitted his resignation to current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Carlos Cuerpo, who was appointed interim Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility to replace Puente.

De la Pena had been president of ADIF for 2 years.

TRAIN ACCIDENTS IN THE COUNTRY

There were 2 major high-speed train accidents in Spain this year. First, on January 18, 46 people died in the accident caused by a high-speed train that derailed in the Adamuz district of Cordoba.

69 people lost their lives in the accident in which two high-speed trains collided between Urda and Los Yebenes districts of Toledo on October 28.

A Renfe AVE train traveling on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line crashed into the back of an Iryo Frecciarossa 1000 train, which was stopped on the track due to a computer malfunction of the LZB signaling system, at a speed of approximately 200 kilometers per hour.

The biggest factor causing the accident was shown to be human error.

Following the accident, the Spanish government took additional measures to increase safety in railway transportation.