Spain asks the European Union's railway agency to help investigate the high-speed train accident Xinhua News Agency, Madrid, November 4 (Reporters Meng Dingbo and Xi Yuzhi) Apostolos Tsitsikostas, commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism of the European Commission, said on the 4th that Spain asked the European Railway Agency to provide technical support that morning to help investigate the high-speed train accident that occurred in the Mancha area The autonomous of Spain-October 28. already in progress. Tsisikostas told a press conference in Brussels that day that the cause of the accident was still under investigation and the EU would provide technical support to Spain. The accident that occurred on October 28, and resulted in the death of 69 people, is now being investigated by Spain's independent agency for road accident investigations. Tsisikostas said that two major train accidents in Spain within a year are worrying, especially because the accidents caused casualties. He said that the European Commission will continue to monitor the implementation of EU rail safety rules by member states. Tsisikostas also called for the European Rail Traffic Management System to be deployed on all rail lines as soon as possible to improve the safety level of the European rail network.

Spain asks the European Union's railway agency to help investigate the high-speed train accident Xinhua News Agency, Madrid, November 4 (Reporters Meng Dingbo and Xi Yuzhi) Apostolos Tsitsikostas, commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism of the European Commission, said on the 4th that Spain asked the European Railway Agency to provide technical support that morning to help investigate the high-speed train accident that occurred in the Mancha area The autonomous of Spain-October 28. already in progress. Tsisikostas told a press conference in Brussels that day that the cause of the accident was still under investigation and the EU would provide technical support to Spain. The accident that occurred on October 28, and resulted in the death of 69 people, is now being investigated by Spain's independent agency for road accident investigations. Tsisikostas said that two major train accidents in Spain within a year are worrying, especially because the accidents caused casualties. He said that the European Commission will continue to monitor the implementation of EU rail safety rules by member states. Tsisikostas also called for the European Rail Traffic Management System to be deployed on all rail lines as soon as possible to improve the safety level of the European rail network.