the clash of two trains at the Montcada i Reixac-Manresa station (Barcelona) has left at least 150 people injured this Wednesday, 150 in a mild state and 5 in a less serious state, as reported Civil Protection. The accident has initially forced interrupt circulation on lines R-4, R-7 and R-12, in both directions, but the convoys already circulate on a single track.
Images of the accident between 2 trains in Montcada I Reixac. pic.twitter.com/ReWRS88uII
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The accident has occurred around 07:50 a.m., when for reasons that are being investigated a train that was traveling in the direction of Barcelona has caught up from behind another that was in the station and that was also heading to the Catalan capital.
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150 people in the lleu state and 5 in the menys greu state.
At the moment 3 transfers in the state have gone to different health centers.
— Civil Protection (@emergenciescat) December 7, 2022
The Montcada-Manresa line was the alternative service which was given to passengers on the R-2 Nord and R-11 lines, cut this week also at Montcada i Reixac due to the final stretch of the works on the new Sant Andreu station.
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The affected trains covered the Renfe Rodalies line R-4, whose circulation has been paralyzed, like that of the lines R-7 and R-12, in both ways. The convoys already They circulate on a single track.
Renfe sources have informed Efe that the circumstances in which the accident occurred, which has made it necessary to activate the protocol for this type of accident in collaboration with Civil Protection and the Sistema d’Emergències Mèdfques (SEM).