Toledo resident Marcos Ibanez, who works in tourism, advised AFP he had prevented high-speed trains “for a very long time due to this”.
“I’ve gone by means of the place the place the accident occurred a number of instances … and also you by no means know when it may be your flip,” the 28-year-old stated. “Most individuals are fairly fed up.”
Throughout a go to to the catastrophe web site, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who faces a common election on Nov 29, pledged “to determine each final element of this tragedy and strengthen security measures to make sure it by no means occurs once more”.
King Felipe VI additionally intervened within the debate after visiting the injured in Toledo, calling for measures “to make sure this doesn’t occur once more”.
“SEARCHING FOR CULPRITS”
Transport Minister Oscar Puente stated on Wednesday that an computerized management system went down on 69 kilometres of observe, inflicting all trains there to be stopped.
However the management centre determined to “resume site visitors in circumstances that, from our standpoint, are inexplicable”, Puente stated, with the Renfe practice travelling 25km earlier than hanging the Iryo.
The management centre “had greater than sufficient time to confirm the error, and they didn’t repair it”, he added.
