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

EuroNews6 November 2026, 11:08 UTCSpain

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.

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