"The Iryo train that crashed on Sunday in Adamuz in the Spanish province of Cordoba displays marks on the wheels of the first five carriages that passed over the track before its derailment, as evidenced by the work carried out by Spain's Railway Accident Investigation Commission (CIAF). These marks, up to the size of a coin, could coincide with the break in the track at kilometer 318 of the Madrid-Seville line, which is where the tragic accident occurred, leaving 42 people dead."
"Iryo train 6189, which was traveling between Malaga and Madrid, derailed at 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, entering the opposite track and causing a collision, some 20 seconds later, with the Alvia train 2384 operated by Spain's state-owned rail company Renfe which was providing service between Madrid and Huelva. The bogies [wheeled undercarriage assemblies] of the first five cars show a mark, and it is possible that the two or three trains that passed before have similar marks. The question now is to find out how these marks were made. Whether there was something on the tracks, or whether it was the track itself that was beginning to break. At this point, it is not possible to determine what caused these marks, Puente said in an interview with Telecinco in response to a report published in El Mundo."
Marks and scratches up to the size of a coin were found on the wheels and bogies of the first five carriages of the Iryo train and on two or three trains that passed earlier. The marks may coincide with a break at kilometer 318 of the Madrid-Seville line where the derailment and subsequent collision occurred, resulting in 42 fatalities. Iryo train 6189 derailed shortly before 7:45 p.m., entered the opposite track, and collided about 20 seconds later with Alvia train 2384. Investigators are focusing on the first torn section of track and a possible broken weld while determining whether an object on the rails or progressive track failure caused the marks.
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