西班牙交通部长拒绝因高铁相撞事故辞职

西班牙交通部长 Óscar Puente 明确表示，他不会因近期造成至少69人死亡的高铁相撞事故而辞职 1。尽管面临反对党、工会及示威者的巨大压力，Puente 强调其当前职责是查明事故真相并解决问题，而非讨论去留 1。他直言“我现在没有隐藏什么”、“我的职责不是谈论我是否应该留在职位上，而是解决问题” 1。保守的人民党（People's Party）已加入要求 Puente 辞职的行列 1。

初步调查显示，事故发生在托莱多省乌尔达镇附近，涉及 Renfe 和 Iryo 两列高速列车 1。报告指出，Renfe 列车在碰撞时速率为 160km/h 至 200km/h 1。Puente 透露，上午约 08:30 发生的计算机故障导致六列移动中的列车初次停驶 1。泄露的录音显示，在前方约 25公里处有列车滞留在轨道上时，另一列高铁仍被允许移动 1。首相 Pedro Sánchez 表示公众对西班牙高铁网络的信任已被打破，称一年内发生两起类似悲剧是“不可接受的”，此前今年1月在 Adamuz 发生的另一起事故已造成46人死亡 1。西班牙全国目前正在举行三天的哀悼期 1。

Spain’s Transport Minister, Óscar Puente, has firmly rejected demands for his resignation following a catastrophic high-speed rail collision that claimed at least 69 lives 1. Despite intense pressure from opposition parties, trade unions, and protesters, including the conservative People's Party which has joined calls for him to step down, Puente asserted that his priority is uncovering the truth behind the disaster rather than debating his tenure 1. He stated unequivocally that he is hiding nothing and emphasized that his duty is to solve the problems revealed by the tragedy, not to discuss whether he should remain in office 1.

The incident occurred near the town of Urdal in the province of Toledo, involving two trains operated by Renfe and Iryo 1. Preliminary investigations indicate that the Renfe train was traveling at speeds between 160 km/h and 200 km/h (approximately 99.4 mph) at the moment of impact 1. Technical failures also played a role in the chain of events; a computer malfunction around 8:30 a.m. initially stopped six moving trains, while leaked audio recordings suggest that dispatchers allowed one train to proceed even though another was stalled on the tracks about 25 kilometers (15 miles) ahead 1. In response to the growing crisis, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez acknowledged that public trust in the nation’s high-speed rail network has been broken, describing two similar tragedies within a year as "unacceptable" 1. This follows a previous fatal accident in Adamuz in January of this year, which resulted in 46 deaths 1. Spain has since observed a three-day national mourning period to honor the victims 1.