西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯周五承认，“高铁的信任已被摧毁”，此前本周早些时候发生的一起致命事故造成至少69人死亡、110人受伤。
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday acknowledged that "trust in high-speed rail has been shattered" after a deadly accident earlier this week killed at least 69 people and injured 110.
周三，西班牙中部乌尔达附近发生的这起相撞事故，是该国今年发生的第二起重大高铁灾难。
Wednesday's collision near Urda in central Spain was the country's second major high-speed rail disaster this year.
1月，阿达穆斯镇附近发生的脱轨相撞事故造成46人死亡，初步调查结果指向钢轨断裂。
A derailment and collision near the town of Adamuz in January killed 46 people, with preliminary findings pointing to a fractured rail.
桑切斯在新闻发布会上表示：“对于一个拥有如此强大高铁系统的国家来说，一年内遭遇两起这种性质和规模的事故是不可接受的。”
"It is unacceptable for a country like Spain, with such a strong high-speed rail system, to suffer two accidents of these characteristics and magnitude in one year," Sanchez said at a press conference.
他承诺将“提供解决方案，进一步加强高铁系统，使此类悲剧……不再发生。”根据国际铁路联盟的数据，西班牙拥有仅次于中国的世界第二大高铁网络，也是欧洲最大的高铁网络。
He pledged to "provide solutions to further strengthen the high-speed rail system so a tragedy of this kind … doesn't happen again." Spain has the world's second-largest high-speed rail network after China and the largest in Europe, according to the International Union of Railways.
卡斯蒂利亚-拉曼查大区主席埃米利亚诺·加西亚-帕赫周五表示，随着身份确认工作的继续，死亡人数可能会略有上升。当局已收到70份失踪人口报告。
Castile-La Mancha regional President Emiliano Garcia-Page said Friday the death toll could rise slightly as identification work continued. Authorities had received 70 missing-person reports.
该大区共有110人住院治疗，其中39人仍在住院，病情均进展良好，他补充道。
Of the 110 people hospitalized in the region, 39 remained admitted, all progressing reasonably well, he said.
故障受审查 对于允许一列Renfe高铁在马德里-塞维利亚线上追尾撞上一列停靠的Iryo列车的故障，审查正在加强。
Failures under scrutiny Scrutiny is growing over the failures that allowed a Renfe high-speed train to slam into the back of a stationary Iryo train on the Madrid-Seville line.
交通部长奥斯卡·普恩特表示，自动信号系统的技术故障导致多列列车停运，促使马德里的调度员接管控制。普恩特周五表示，西班牙今年已发生160次类似故障，并称这一数字在欧盟标准范围内。
Transport Minister Oscar Puente said a technical failure in the automatic signaling system halted several trains, prompting controllers in Madrid to take over. Similar glitches have occurred 160 times in Spain this year, Puente said Friday, adding that the figure was within the EU norm.
据普恩特称，控制中心的一名工作人员随后授权Renfe列车以正常速度——最高时速200公里（124英里）——行驶，尽管前方有列车停靠，这违反了安全规程。
A worker at the control center then authorized the Renfe train to proceed at normal speed – up to 200 kilometers (124 miles) per hour – despite the stationary train ahead, violating safety protocols, according to Puente.
“如果同一闭塞区段内有两列火车，后方列车不应移动。其次，在这种情况下，如果前方列车移动，后方列车应获授权以最高每小时40公里（25英里）的速度移动，”普恩特说。
"If there are two trains in the same block section, the train behind should not move. Second, in these conditions, if the first train moves, the train should be authorized to move at a maximum of 40 kilometers (25 miles) per hour," Puente said.
事故发生前约五分钟，停驶列车也曾联系控制中心，警告称其无法恢复行驶。
Around five minutes before the accident, the stationary train had also contacted the control center to warn that it was unable to resume moving.
初步调查估计，撞击发生时，这列Renfe列车时速约为160至200公里（99至124英里）。
A preliminary investigation estimated that the Renfe train was traveling at around 160-200 kilometers (99-124 miles) per hour when it struck the stationary train.
调查尚未确定最终责任，铁路工人和专家质疑，普恩特称为“不可理喻”的调度员决策，是否反映出更广泛的薄弱环节。
The investigation has not established final responsibility, and railway workers and experts have questioned whether the controller's decision, which Puente called "inexplicable," reflects wider weaknesses.
西班牙通讯社EFE报道，Renfe司机、UGT工会成员比森特·阿尔梅纳尔呼吁谨慎，警告称存在加快运营以防止延误的巨大压力。
Vicente Almenar, a Renfe train driver with the UGT union, urged caution, warning of intense pressure to speed up operations to prevent delays, Spanish news agency EFE reported.
UGT在Adif的安全代表安东尼奥·托巴尔告诫不要仅关注人为错误。他呼吁审视工作条件、组织程序和应急培训。
Antonio Tobal, UGT’s safety representative at Adif, cautioned against focusing solely on human error. He called for examining working conditions, organizational procedures and staff training for emergencies.
其他专家指出，西班牙高铁扩张迅速，但维护支出与其他欧洲国家相比相对较低。他们还质疑，为何将马德里-塞维利亚线老化的自动信号系统更换为欧洲列车控制系统（ERTMS）的工作出现延误。
Other experts have pointed to Spain's rapid high-speed rail expansion and relatively low maintenance spending compared with other European countries. They have also questioned delays in replacing the Madrid-Seville line's aging automatic signaling system with the European Rail Traffic Management System.
西班牙的铁路安全记录 西班牙的灾难与高铁在其他地区的良好安全记录形成对比。
Spain's rail safety record Spain’s disasters contrast with high-speed rail’s strong safety record elsewhere.
日本新干线自1964年通车以来，未因碰撞或脱轨造成任何乘客死亡。
Japan’s Shinkansen has recorded no passenger deaths from collisions or derailments since services began in 1964.
中国有记录的两起致命高铁事故造成41人死亡。拥有欧洲第二大高铁网的法国，在三起TGV事故中记录了14人死亡，其中11人死于一次试运行。
China’s two documented fatal high-speed crashes killed 41 people. France, which has Europe’s second-largest high-speed network, has recorded 14 deaths aboard TGV trains in three accidents, including 11 during a test run.
西班牙今年发生的两起事故已造成至少115人死亡。2013年圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉脱轨事故则导致80人死亡。周五，西班牙交通部长拒绝了要求其辞职的呼声。
Spain's two crashes this year have killed at least 115 people. Another 80 died in the 2013 Santiago de Compostela derailment. On Friday, Spain’s transport minister rejected calls to resign.