# EU opens fraud probe into Spanish rail safety funds

> Prosecutors investigate possible fraud in EU-funded upgrades on the Madrid-Seville line after a fatal October crash killed 69 people.
- Title: EU opens fraud probe into Spanish rail safety funds · POLITICO
- Summary: Prosecutors investigate possible fraud in EU-funded upgrades on the Madrid-Seville line after a fatal October crash killed 69 people.
- Keywords: european public prosecutor's office, spain, madrid-seville high-speed railway, adif, fraud investigation, eu funds, train crash, urda, toledo, óscar puente, POLITICO
- Source: POLITICO — https://politico.eu/article/eu-prosecutors-open-second-fraud-probe-spain-high-speed-rail-fatal-crash
- Published: 2026-11-06T14:28:29+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: european public prosecutor's office, spain, madrid-seville high-speed railway, adif, fraud investigation, eu funds, train crash, urda, toledo, óscar puente, politics, world
## Fraud probe into rail safety funds
The European Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating possible fraud involving EU funds for safety, signaling and communications upgrades on Spain's rail network.
## Crash killed 69 near Urda
The EPPO probe covers Spain's Madrid-Seville high-speed railway line, where 69 people were killed in a collision near Urda, in Toledo province, on October twenty-eighth.
## Two Spanish officials resign
Transport Minister Óscar Puente resigned Tuesday, calling his decision a matter of political dignity. Adif President Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña quit Wednesday, less than twenty-four hours later.

> a matter of political dignity
## Key takeaway

EU prosecutors are investigating possible fraud in EU funds for safety upgrades on Spain's Madrid-Seville high-speed rail line following a crash that killed 69 people on October twenty-eighth.