Key facts
- Adif President Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña submitted his resignation to Transport Minister Carlos Cuerpo.
- Adif oversees Spain's rail infrastructure, signaling and traffic control and is under scrutiny after the Urda crash.
- The crash near Urda, Toledo, killed 69 people, per the report.
- A January crash near Adamuz killed 46 people, the report said.
- A senior government official said a day before the resignation there were no plans to remove Marco de la Peña.
- Oscar Puente resigned as transport minister on the night of November 3, 2026.
Adif President Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña submitted his resignation to Spain's transport minister, Carlos Cuerpo, on November 4, 2026, according to a Spanish government official who confirmed it in a text message. Local media first reported the resignation. Adif manages Spain's rail infrastructure, signaling and traffic control and has faced scrutiny since the crash near Urda, in the province of Toledo, that killed 69 people.
The resignation is Cuerpo's first notable action since he took over the transport ministry after Oscar Puente stepped down on the night of November 3, 2026. Puente left after a lengthy hearing before Congress' Permanent Deputation at which allies and opponents urged him to resign.
Earlier on November 4, Cuerpo met Marco de la Peña, Renfe President Álvaro Fernández Heredia and Secretary of State for Transport José Antonio Santano. A day earlier, a senior government official said there were no plans to remove Marco de la Peña and dismissed talk of Puente's resignation; Puente resigned hours later.
The Urda crash was Spain's second deadly rail accident of the year, after a crash near Adamuz in January that killed 46 people, the report said.