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Just over 48 hours had passed since the Adamuz (Córdoba) railway accident occurred, the second most serious in our country, when Rodalies Catalunya reported a accident on line R4 between Sant Sadurní and Gelida (Barcelona). The train driver died in the accident and 37 people were injured. Five of them are seriously injured. What has happened? A retaining wall has fallen on the tracks of line R4 on the Rodalies line in Catalonia. The train has collided and has left the track. As a consequence of the impact and the subsequent derailment, Rodalies Catalunya has reported that a person has died. Click on the image to go to the original tweet The victims. As the company reported shortly before midnight, one person has died. This would be an active machinist or one of the two trainee machinists, they report in The Countryalthough it still has to be clarified. The emergency services have confirmed to the newspaper that 37 affected passengers have been treated. Five are in serious condition, six in less serious condition and 26 in mild condition. Most of them were traveling in the first car, which is the one that received the impact and most of the damage. Rodalies has set up a helpline for victims: 900 101 660. In addition to the emergency medical services, 70 members of the Fire Brigade had to go to the scene of the accident to rescue the people trapped inside the car and shore up the retaining wall to prevent it from continuing to fall. What is known about the accident. Rodalies line R4 connects Sant Vicenç de Calders – Manresa (through Vilafranca del Penedès). At that moment, a train traveling towards Manresa and between the stations of Sant Sadurní and Gelida (Barcelona) collides with a retaining wall that falls in its path, causing it to derail. At the moment, the causes that motivated the detachment are not known, but the first hypotheses point to the heavy rains that Catalonia has experienced in the last few days. Just yesterday, shortly before one in the afternoon, Rodalies reported a civil protection alert to coastal municipalities due to strong waves to prevent possible flooding. Derailment in Blanes. In addition to the Gelida accident (Barcelona) another Rodalies train has also derailed between the stations of Blanes and Maçanet (Girona), this time as a result of some rocks that have fallen onto the track. In this case there are no injuries to be regretted on a train in which only 10 people were traveling. The train axle broke in the crash. Click on the image to go to the original tweet Suspended service. There will be no Rodalies trains on today, January 21, 2026, and there is no estimated reopening date. The company has assured that the service remains suspended until all lines are reviewed and the safety of travelers can be guaranteed. It is estimated that the suspension of the service will affect an estimated number of between 350,000 and 400,000 passengers that move daily along the lines. Photo | Bomber In Xataka | The liberalization of the AVE has not gone down well with Renfe, so now it has a plan: delay the Cercanías movement as much as possible.