Talk:Santiago de Compostela derailment

Similar accidents

 * 🇬🇧 Salisbury rail crash, 1906 - 28 killed
 * 🇺🇸 Malbone Street Wreck, 1918 in New York - 98 killed
 * 🇦🇺 Camp Mountain train disaster, 1947 - 16 killed
 * 🇯🇵 Hachikō Line derailment, February 1947 - 184 killed
 * 🇬🇧 Sutton Coldfield train disaster, 1955 - 17 killed
 * 🇬🇧 Morpeth rail crashes, 1969, 1984, 1994 - a total of 6 killed in three separate accidents
 * 🇬🇧 Eltham Well Hall rail crash, 1972 - 6 killed
 * 🇩🇪 Brühl train disaster, 2000 - 9 killed
 * 🇬🇧 Hatfield rail crash, 2000 - 4 killed
 * 🇦🇺 Waterfall train disaster, 2003 - 7 killed
 * 🇦🇺 Rosedale train crash, 2004
 * 🇯🇵 Amagasaki rail crash, 2005 - 107 killed
 * 🇪🇸 Valencia Metro derailment, 2006 - 41 killed

Court hearings
Transcript of the initial court hearing (in Spanish):

http://www.abc.es/espana/20130801/abci-declaracion-completa-maquinista-201307312127.html

Ticket inspector Antonio Martin Marugan told the daily El Pais he had called Garzon to instruct him to enter an upcoming station, Pontedeume, at a platform close to the station building to facilitate the exit of a family with children.

...

Renfe employees are not allowed to use phones except in case of emergency.

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/call-made-to-spanish-train-crash-driver/story-e6frfkui-1226689212640

"Even if it was unfortunate that the call took place at that place and time ..." ... the judge, Luis Alaez, said ...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/spain-train-derailed-at-twice-speed-limit/story-fn3dxix6-1226690539041

Rjtucker (talk) 08:22, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Criminal trial
This story just seems to disappear after Oct 2015. Does anyone know what the verdict was? 50.64.119.38 (talk) 15:19, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Homicide outcome?
Although the driver was charged with homicide a decade ago, the article gives no detail at all on what the outcome of the trial was! Fig (talk) 10:04, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Title could perhaps be changed to reflect the serious nature of the incident
Maybe "Santiago de Compostela rail disaster" "Derailment" implies a less serious outcome Zoony (talk) 17:08, 5 March 2024 (UTC)