Re:Spain train crash: What we know after two trains crashed ...
by MiroslavPokorny on Saturday October 31, 2026 @10:12PM
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Having trains separated by a small distance like 3M is also dangerous.
I cant recall but maybe a year or two back in ES, a train on one line was derailed around a curve or something and a train at high speed in the opposite direction hit the derailed train.
It seems like a very bad design to have rails that close to each other when for minimum cost they could have significant separation especially when the rails are over open flat ground. Bridges and tunnels of course might be exceptions to this, but over open ground the cost should be low enough that there could and should be separation.
I cant recall but maybe a year or two back in ES, a train on one line was derailed around a curve or something and a train at high speed in the opposite direction hit the derailed train.
It seems like a very bad design to have rails that close to each other when for minimum cost they could have significant separation especially when the rails are over open flat ground. Bridges and tunnels of course might be exceptions to this, but over open ground the cost should be low enough that there could and should be separation.