← the globe

A MOMENT IN HISTORY

Santiago de Compostela derailment

2013 CE · Spain, Europe · Disaster

Santiago de Compostela derailment
Image via Wikimedia Commons

On 24 July 2013, an Alvia high-speed train travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, in the north-west of Spain, derailed at high speed on a bend about 4 kilometres (2. 5 mi) outside the railway station at Santiago de Compostela. Of the 178 people injured, the final number of deaths had reached 78.

Read more on Wikipedia →

Available to claim

One person can dedicate this moment - a name and a short note recorded here forever.

Claim this moment