Latest news and stories about cross border travel in Portugal for expats and residents.
A Portuguese survivor of the train accident in Spain describes the ordeal as 'hell' and calls surviving a 'miracle', recounting the terrifying moments during the crash and the aftermath as rescue teams worked to help passengers.
Collision between two trains killed 41 and injured hundreds.
Two high-speed trains collided in Spain. At least 40 people have been killed and more than a hundred injured in what is being described as the country's deadliest rail accident in the past 12 years.
Authorities estimated the total number of injured at around 150, with varying degrees of severity, in Sunday’s accident, which involved two trains on Spain’s high-speed rail network.
At least two Portuguese citizens were among those involved in the derailment of two trains in southern Spain, which has so far killed 39 people, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Lusa on Monday. According to the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE), one Portuguese woman “is already well and in ...”
Investigators discovered a broken joint in the rails at the scene of the railway accident in Spain. Two Portuguese nationals were on the trains involved.
The Minister of Infrastructure today declared the railway works between Évora and the border with Spain complete, but revealed that trains will only start running at the end of the year or in early 2027. “Today is a historic day, because we have the largest substation supplying the railway overhead line in Portugal operational, we have ...”
Devices that will become mandatory in Spain must be activated and positioned as high as possible on vehicles without the driver leaving the vehicle. The aim is to prevent deaths.
