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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    more on the use of phones in an article today http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ga ... 2P9992.htm "Using a phone? But that's why they give us one!"
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    according to the head of Renfe, it is not a question of cost, but that this line, opened last year, is still in a transition phase; it will not be a fully operational AVE line until 2018. There are some outstanding issues with the ERTMS ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_R ... ent_System )...
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    the judge ruled this afternoon that, although the timing and place of the call was 'unfortunate' given what transpired, it was part of the normal work of a train journey and could not be held to be responsible for the crash. http://www.elcorreogallego.es/santiago/ ... ia-819940/
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    yes, and Santiago before it was ruined with all that baroque stuff ...
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    57/11
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    I doubt that - the idea that 'countryside' should be 'pretty' is modern :-) indeed. This sort of accident inevitably (and rightly) puts the spotlight on rail safety, but longer-term stats give the incidence of passenger fatalities in Spain at <0.4 per billion passenger km...
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    what's the alternative though? Should Galicia remain cut off and economically backward, with mules and ox carts? Should Santiago be just a museum for affluent outsiders to photograph on brief visits, or should it modernise like any other city? Should Spain keep its old trundle trains that took...
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    and one week later, the locals went out with candles, whilst the train went very slowly past http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/video/gali ... 597834.htm Afterwards, they walked in pilgrimage along the Camino Real, which is the route of the Camino Sanabres/Ruta de la Plata, to the cathedral...
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    photos of the improvised altar in Obradoiro http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/album/sant ... 218877.htm and there was an act of homage today in the Bonaval park http://www.elcorreogallego.es/santiago/ ... ia-819217/ http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/album/sant ... 884149.htm and short video...
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    61/13, of which 1 child - so encouragingly numbers continue to fall
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    there's a solemn funeral mass in the cathedral in Madrid tomorrow Thursday 20.00, led by the cardinal archbishop http://archimadrid.es/pagina/index.php? ... 77:O168966 (scroll down)
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    the data recorders for the time leading up to the crash have been under the spotlight today, and reveal the driver was called by his controller shortly before http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23507348 http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ga ... 121605.htm
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    total now 66, of which 15 in intensive care
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    if anyone wants a driver's view of the track, there's a video on Youtube put up last year of the entire Ourense-Santiago section http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvvvL3OTtXk Fast forward to minute 31 for the fateful curve. Since the crash, someone has posted comments explaining the various...
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    not sure that money's what's needed at the moment. AFAIA there's not been any call for donations. Renfe is paying compensation/accident insurance to the injured and to the families of the dead http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ga ... 200585.htm [sorry, posted before seeing Ivar's response]
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    today's cartoon on Voz de Galicia http://blogs.lavozdegalicia.es/pintochinto/
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    the BBC have put a brief extract on their site http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23486048 though it's been pushed off the front page by other things Photos on Voz de Galicia from both inside and outside of the cathedral - the service was relayed on a large screen in Quintana to what looks...
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    there's also an invitation to light a candle at 19.00 as a symbol not only of solidarity but also to signify that there is light at the end of the tunnel http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ga ... 248430.htm
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    those praying for the dead and injured might perhaps include one for the driver. Whatever his judicial status, I doubt if he is sleeping easily http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23486048
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    Train Derailment at Santiago

    more on another of the US citizens injured in the crash, a young Mormon missionary from Utah http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ga ... P15991.htm

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