EU prosecutors probe fraud claims over funds for Spanish rail line hit by deadly crash

Euronews · Sandor Zsiros, Christina Thykjaer · 2026-11-06 11:08 UTC

EU prosecutors have opened a fraud investigation into funds for upgrading Spain’s Madrid–Seville high-speed line, where a 28 October crash near Urda killed 69. A similar probe began in March after a January crash on the same line killed 46.

EU prosecutors have opened a fraud investigation into funds for upgrading Spain’s Madrid–Seville high-speed line, where a 28 October crash near Urda killed 69. A similar probe began in March after a January crash on the same line killed 46.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has launched an investigation into possible fraud involving EU funds earmarked for the renovation and upgrading of the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line, where an accident on 28 October near Urda, in Toledo province, left 69 people dead.

The EPPO opened a similar investigation in March into the line’s renovation, after a train accident in January on the same route killed 46 people.

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