The incident near the city of Córdoba has been described by local officials as Spain's worst rail crash in more than a decade. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the scene on Monday, where he announced a three-day mourning period. Here's what we know about the incident so far.

Two Spanish train accidents within days have left at least 44 people dead overall, as rescue workers sought on Wednesday to identify the victims while a debate on railway safety intensified. Andalusian Health Minister Antonio Sanz told journalists that the death toll from Sunday's first and deadlier crash would likely not further rise significantly.

A high-speed train derailment in southern Spain has left at least 39 people dead and injured more than 150, according to authorities.

Tuesday night’s commuter train crash in Barcelona — which killed one person and injured 37 — highlights the ongoing challenges of railway safety, even in developed nations.

MADRID, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Spain's biggest train drivers' union on Wednesday called a three-day nationwide strike for February 9-11 to demand measures to guarantee railway safety after three derailments in 48 hours caused crashes that left dozens dead,

The news late Tuesday of another train crash mere days after Spain’s worst railway disaster since 2013 left many Spaniards in disbelief. Emergency workers were still searching for victims in the wreckage from Sunday’s high-speed crash in southern Spain that killed at least 42 people and injured dozens some 800 kilometers (497 miles) away.

Spanish train drivers on Wednesday called a three-day strike for February, plunging the country's under-scrutiny railways into further turmoil, after two accidents just days apart killed 44 people. Spain was already observing three days of national mourning from Sunday's collision involving two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia that killed 43 people -- the country's deadliest rail accident in more than a decade.

At least 39 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday night near Adamuz, in the province of Cordoba, in the worst railway accident in the country since 2013.