A train driver has died and at least 37 people were injured, five of them seriously, after a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona, on January 20, just two days after another deadly train crash in southern Spain.
According to local officials, the Rodalies train hit a retaining wall that collapsed onto the track between Gelida and Sant Sadurní during heavy storms in north-eastern Spain.
Indeed, since the mid-19th century, history has recorded some terrible train crashes. Whether due to brake failures, derailments, accidental fires, or human error, a rail wreck is a traumatic and very often fatal event. Fortunately, accidents are rare occurrences given the advancements in railway safety technology. But they can—and do—still happen.
Click through and be reminded of dramatic train crashes through the ages.