In just a few tragic days since two high-speed trains collided in this southern region of Spain, with the loss of 45 lives, it has felt that Spain's much-vaunted rail system has been thrown into a sudden, deep crisis.

An investigation into last weekend's high-speed train collision in Spain that killed 45 people suggests the track was cracked before the catastrophe, according to a preliminary report published on Friday.

The new chair of Network Rail has warned that the creation of Great British Railways and associated reforms must never be at the expense of safety and performance.

Spain’s railway tragedies have lessons for India’s high-speed train dreams Two accidents in Spain in a span of a few days – the first one the worst in Spanish records since 2013 – put

According to the Ministry of Railways, the length of tracks permitting speeds of 110 kmph and above has increased from 31,445 km in 2014, which accounted for about 40 per cent of the network at the time, to 84,244 km at present, covering about 80 per cent of the national rail network.