Spanish train drivers on Wednesday called a three-day strike for February, plunging the country’s under-scrutiny railways into further turmoil, after two accidents just days apart killed 44 people.
A train driver died and 37 people were injured – several seriously – in the latest incident on Tuesday, when a commuter service hit a retaining wall that fell onto the tracks in Gelida near Barcelona.
Spain was already observing three days of national mourning from Sunday’s collision involving two...
Spain’s train drivers call three-day strike after deadly accidents
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Source: scmp.com

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