Spain Crash Investigators Focus on Train Traffic Controllers’ Role NYT > Top Stories By: Jason Horowitz 29 October 2026 at 13:32 After the country’s second major rail disaster in a year, Spaniards were confronting questions about the safety of their once-vaunted rail system. © Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty ImagesEmergency workers were still searching for survivors and victims at the site of the crash on Thursday.
At Least 68 Killed in Spain Train Crash, and Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot NYT > Top Stories By: Tracy Mumford · Will Jarvis · Margaret Kadifa · Jake Lucas · Ian Stewart · Kellen Browning and Manny Fernandez 29 October 2026 at 13:00 Plus, the legacy of Dolores Huerta. © Javier Soriano/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Is There a ‘Safest Seat’ in a Train Crash? Experts Say It’s Not So Simple. NYT > Top Stories By: Mark Walker 29 October 2026 at 06:16 After a high-speed collision near Toledo, Spain, killed at least 68 people, rail safety experts said the rough consensus that it is best to sit in the middle of a train has its limits. © Oscar Del Pozo/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesEmergency workers at the scene of a crash involving two trains near Toledo, Spain, on Wednesday.