
Commuter trains back in Spain's Catalonia after deadly accident
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Madrid: Commuter trains resumed for hundreds of thousands of passengers in Spain s Catalonia region on Friday after a deadly accident caused their sus...
Madrid: Commuter trains resumed for hundreds of thousands of passengers in Spain's Catalonia region on Friday after a deadly accident caused their suspension, in a week of rail disasters that have shaken the country.
A service on the northeastern region's Rodalies short-distance network ploughed into the rubble of a collapsed retaining wall near Barcelona on Tuesday, killing the driver and injuring 37 people.
The network shut on Wednesday and Thursday while the infrastructure was reviewed and drivers refused to return to work, saying safety checks had not been carried out properly.
Rodalies announced in a statement that its trains were resuming on Friday "but may be delayed due to the progressive resumption of the service".
Catalonia's regional government said the frequency of services "would gradually increase on each line", while around 100 extra buses would be put on to cope with demand.













