在托莱多撞车事故发生前，人们就已对这个火车出行激增40%的国家的铁路安全提出质疑。西班牙的高速铁路网络是欧洲最广泛、仅次于中国的世界第二大高铁网，长期以来一直是该国的骄傲。但周三的致命撞车事故——九个月内的第二起——再次将关注点聚焦在安全问题上。
Questions were raised before Toledo crash over rail safety in a country where train travel has surged by 40% Spain’s high-speed rail network, the most extensive in Europe and the second largest in the world after China, has long been a point of pride in the country. But Wednesday’s deadly crash – the second in nine months – has recast the spotlight on questions about safety.
官员称，周三早些时候，一列高速列车撞上停在轨道上的另一列火车，导致多节车厢脱轨，造成至少68人死亡。据信两列火车共载有544名乘客。
Officials said at least 68 people were killed on Wednesday morning after a high-speed train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks, leading to the derailment of several carriages. The two trains were believed to be carrying 544 passengers.
