Spain’s Transport Minister Oscar Puente announced on the 3rd that the government will provide 30 million euros of aid and their families to the victims of the high-speed train accident that occurred in the Castile-La Mancha autonomous region on October 28, and will take measures to strengthen railway safety.
Puente also announced that in response to the accident the government would force travelersInsurance The compensation amount is doubled and the compensation is paid in advance.
Puente said the government would take a number of steps to strengthen the operation and management of high-speed railways, including reducing the frequency of high-speed trains from Madrid to Sevilla until the new safety system is in use. Introduction of a cross-validation system in railway dispatch management. When the driving route is congested and the automatic control system is absent, each decision taken by the control center will be monitored and reviewed and verified by another dispatcher.
Puente said the Spanish Railway Infrastructure Authority will improve the working conditions of dispatchers, increase the number of staff in the control center and install new software for the control center so that dispatchers can have a clearer understanding of the location of trains and track conditions.
