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A commuter train collided with the buffers at Barcelona França station and derailed. [3] The train was operating a Sant Vicenç de Calders – Barcelona França service on the R2 line. [4] The train involved was an electric multiple unit of RENFE Class 465, number 210M. [2] Witnesses stated that the train did not brake on entering the station. [5]
The centre of the buffer on European railway vehicles must be between 940 and 1,065 mm above the top of rail. Spain was an exception for a long time. A buffer separation of 1,950 mm was specified there because of the force transmitted to the longitudinal beams of the wagons, which are further apart due to their broad gauge railways.
2 June – Spain – A high-speed passenger train collided with a lorry that fell off a bridge on to the track at La Hiniesta and derailed, killing two people. [19] 7 June – China – Train D1862 traveling between Guangzhou and Chongqing derailed at a tunnel between Huaiji County in Guangdong and Hezhou in Guangxi, injuring one. The suspected ...
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The Llinars Bridge this bridge is the first steel structure in the high-speed railway (HSR) joining Barcelona and the French Border. The 1,883-foot-long (574 m) Llinars HSR bridge comprises two parts: a 1,008-foot-long (307 m) composite steel–concrete structure crossing Autopista AP-7, and a continuous prestressed concrete bridge crossing the Mogent River with a maximum span of 157 feet (48 m).
Narrow gauge flat wagons, 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in).Note the single buffer with a hook on the right side and a chain on the other. On some narrow-gauge lines in Europe, and on the Paris Metro, a simplified version of the loose-coupler is used, consisting of a single central buffer with a chain underneath.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday announced 3.76 billion euros ($4.01 billion) in additional measures to reconstruct the Valencia area after the deadliest flash floods in Spain's ...
Spain's minority government and the two largest trade unions agreed on Friday to implement a shorter work week with the same pay, although the change still needs to be approved by a fragmented ...