The Railway Union has announced a call for a demonstration in Madrid this Saturday, November 12, with which it aims to demand "maximum safety" in the Spanish rail system. The union organization also demands a "radical change" in the actions of the Administrations and the establishment of a sectoral table bringing together all those involved.
The protest, defined as a mobilization "in defense of maximum safety" in the national rail system, will begin at 12:00 p.m. from the gardens of Nuevos Ministerios, in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. From there, it will travel along the Paseo de la Castellana, Paseo de Recoletos, Paseo del Prado, and will end at Plaza del Congreso.
In a statement, the union calls for a "radical change" in the rail policies of public administrations, so that the Ministry, Adif, and the different operators prioritize safety in rail traffic, as well as the safety of users and the sector’s workforce.
Among its demands is to reach the "maximum consensus" among all actors in the rail sector and to set up a sectoral table in which unions, victims’ associations, and the AESF are also present. Its objective would be to examine the current situation, propose actions in the area of safety, and adopt urgent measures that correct "as much as possible the deficiencies" detected after the deadly accidents of Angrois (Santiago de Compostela), Adamuz (Córdoba), and Urda (Toledo), in order to prevent similar tragedies from occurring again.
The Railway Union proposes, in particular, a "critical and independent" review of the CIAF report on the Angrois accident —which caused 80 deaths in 2013— with the participation of European institutions and guarantees of full independence, in order to clarify in detail what happened.
It also calls for an independent investigation, under European supervision, into the accidents of Adamuz and Urda that occurred this 2026. Among the technical measures it proposes is the elimination of the ASFA as a backup system for the nominal LZB and ERTMS systems in high-speed rail, replacing it with a modification of "all the regulations" that requires continuing to run while in sight and without exceeding 40 km/h when a nominal system failure occurs.
The union also calls for an independent audit into the renewal of the Madrid–Seville line, to speed up the commissioning of the ERTMS on this corridor, and to reform the maintenance model so that Adif assumes "total and absolute" control over all infrastructure conservation work with its own resources.
Lastly, the SF demands increasing staffing levels at traffic regulation centres; bringing an end to the "end of pressures" on train operating staff, signalling and operations and management centres that "put production criteria ahead of safety criteria"; and consolidating a "real safety culture" that ensures that "nothing and no one" is placed above it in the operation of rail traffic, among other actions.