A commuter train collided with a crane in southeastern Spain on Thursday, emergency services said, in the country's fourth rail crash in less than a week.

Several people suffered minor injuries in the crash near the port city of Cartagena in the Murcia region, authorities added.

"The train hasn't been overturned or derailed," a spokesperson for Murcia's emergency services said. The first calls about the crash came in just after noon, they added.

Spain suffers several train accidents nationwide

Spain is still reeling from Sunday's high-speed train collision in the southern Andalusia region that killed at least 43 people.

Two days after that, a commuter train derailed after a containment wall fell on the track due to heavy rain near the city of Barcelona, killing the driver and seriously injuring four passengers.

Police and firefighters inspect the scene of a commuter train derailment, after a containment wall fell on the track due to heavy rain, killing the driver and injuring several people, in Gelida, near Barcelona, Spain, January 21, 2026.
Police and firefighters inspect the scene of a commuter train derailment, after a containment wall fell on the track due to heavy rain, killing the driver and injuring several people, in Gelida, near Barcelona, Spain, January 21, 2026. (credit: REUTERS/ALBERT GEA)

The main train drivers' union called a nationwide strike over safety standards after a second collision in the northeastern Catalonia region on Tuesday.

On Thursday, Spanish rail operator Adif said traffic on the line in Murcia was disrupted by what it described as "the intrusion into the infrastructure gauge by a crane not belonging to the railway operation." Its message on X did not go into more detail.

A later posting said services had resumed on the line.