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Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended a memorial service in Toledo's cathedral for the 69 people killed in a train crash near Urda, about 40 miles from Toledo, BBC World reported on 10 November 2026. One high-speed train ploughed into the back of a stationary train on the Madrid-Seville line. It was the worst rail tragedy in Spain since 2013, and 28 people remain in hospital. The service was attended by senior politicians including opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Castilla-La Mancha president Emiliano García-Page and Transport and Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo, who took the transport portfolio after Óscar Puente resigned last week. Puente had faced mounting pressure after the crash, which was Spain's second major rail tragedy this year after 46 people died in a January collision on the same line near Adamuz. The investigation is ongoing, and Puente suggested human error combined with a safety system glitch may have been the cause. BBC World reported that the tragedy, a month before the 29 November general election, is seen as likely to hurt Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's bid for re-election.