2026 Gelida train derailment

When

20 Jan 2026

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

41.43° N, 1.84° E

Description

railway accident that occurred on January 20, 2026, on the Barcelona regional train network

Deaths

1

Injured

41

Cause

obstacle, storm

Rail accident in Catalonia, Spain

On 20 January 2026, a Rodalies de Catalunya commuter train collided with a retaining wall after it was struck by a landslide, causing the train to derail between Gelida and Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Catalonia. A trainee driver who travelled in the driver's cab was killed and at least 37 passengers were injured.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “accident ferroviaire de Gelida en Catalogne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page