For the second time this year crushed train carriage(车厢)s lie on their sides in the Spanish countryside. On the morning of October 28th a high-speed train operated by Renfe, the state rail company, ploughed into(猛撞上) a stationary(静止的，停着的) train south of Toledo. At least 68 people died, and 58 were seriously injured. Survivors described horrific carnage(大屠杀，惨烈景象) in the first carriage of the Renfe train and the rear three of the stationary one, operated by Iryo, an Italian-controlled competitor.
今年第二次，被压毁的列车车厢侧翻在西班牙的乡间。10月28日上午，国营铁路公司Renfe运营的一列高速列车在托莱多以南撞上了一列停驶的列车。至少68人死亡，58人重伤。幸存者描述了Renfe列车第一节车厢以及那列停驶列车——由意大利控股的竞争对手Iryo运营——后三节车厢中的惨烈景象。
In January, in a similar tragedy on the same line, 46 people were killed when an Iryo train derailed(脱轨) and was hit by one from Renfe. Until then Spain’s high-speed network, the world’s longest after China’s, was a source of national pride.(在此之前，西班牙的高铁网络——全球长度仅次于中国——一直是国家骄傲的源泉。) Now Spaniards are in shock. “It’s not acceptable in a country like Spain” to suffer two serious rail accidents in a year, said Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist prime minister, at the scene. “The whole of Spain is grieving(哀悼，悲痛).”
今年1月，同一线路上发生了一起类似的悲剧：一列Iryo列车脱轨后被一列Renfe列车撞上，46人死亡。在此之前，西班牙的高铁网络——全球长度仅次于中国——一直是国家骄傲的源泉。如今西班牙人震惊不已。社会党首相佩德罗·桑切斯在事故现场说，一年内发生两起严重铁路事故，“在西班牙这样的国家是不可接受的”。“整个西班牙都在哀悼。”
This week’s accident happened after the continuous automatic train-control system, which controls signalling(信号系统) on the line, stopped working. Trains were halted(暂停，停止). But in a decision that Oscar Puente, the transport minister, called “inexplicable”, a traffic controller ordered the Renfe train to resume its journey, with fatal consequences 17 minutes later.(但交通调度员却命令Renfe列车恢复行驶，交通大臣奥斯卡·普恩特称这一决定“不可解释”，17分钟后便造成了致命后果。)
本周的事故发生在连续自动列车控制系统——该线路的信号控制装置——停止工作之后。列车被暂停运行。但交通调度员却命令Renfe列车恢复行驶，交通大臣奥斯卡·普恩特称这一决定“不可解释”，17分钟后便造成了致命后果。