Some more info from Spanish media. The track that broke was from 1989 and had not been maintained properly.

No, the claim is that the broken rail was the new one but it happened at the transition from old to new.

	▲	christkv 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Jupp you are right I had not read up on the news today.

hexbin010 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Got a link?

And how does it accord with the many statements made early on about the track being renewed recently?

	▲	fcatalan 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Apparently the weld that broke joined an old segment with a new one installed last year as the tracks are renovated piecemeal. Still the media in question, "El Mundo", is a mouthpiece for the opposition parties, seeking to create indignation against the government and scoring the head of the Transport Minister in particular. They also want to make a parallel with the situation of the former President of the Valencian Community, from their party, who had to finally resign one year after being unreachable for hours on a date while hundreds of valencians drowned as his administration waffled aimlessly. Of course the government is ultimately responsible for the state of the infrastructure, so the Minister well might have to resign after all is said and done, but the innuendo in that piece is pure politicking, not serious journalism.
	▲	christkv 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I have one in Spanish. Seems the latest info is that it broke where the new rails meet the old rail. https://www.elmundo.es/economia/2026/01/25/697635e8fc6c83c42...