Why does the Urda train crash reopen Spain's debate about rail safety, according to the BBC?

BBC correspondent Guy Hedgcoe said the Urda crash was the second fatal disaster on the same Spanish line in a year. A crash a little further south in January killed 46 people and set off a national debate about the state of Spain's rail system. Hedgcoe expected the new crash to bring renewed scrutiny of rail investment and of whether the network is being managed properly.

• Hedgcoe described people at the scene as dumbstruck that a second crash had happened so soon.

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