Renfe is preparing an instruction document for its drivers that will include new safety measures, according to company sources confirmed to Efe on Sunday after El País and Cadena Ser reported the move. Renfe has not disclosed the content of the instructions, which are still being drafted and are therefore not a final document.

The drivers' union Semaf said the move follows its request to the State Railway Safety Agency (AESF) to prevent normal-speed running when the LZB system fails. According to the draft instructions, if the LZB system is partially blocked — as happened before the Toledo accident — trains would restart only at line-of-sight speed, meaning no more than 40 kilometres per hour. Drivers would also have to confirm with Adif's control centre that their block is clear before starting to move and report that they will travel at reduced speed.

Semaf said this would mean Renfe had taken note of its request to the AESF to stop normal running when the ERTMS or LZB safety system fails and there is a possibility that more than one train is in the same block. Any eventual Renfe document would be a recommendation for its staff, since Adif is responsible for regulating rail traffic.

On the casualty side, 31 people remained hospitalised on Sunday in four hospitals in Castilla-La Mancha, 13 of them in intensive care units. Since Wednesday there have been 79 discharges, and 110 people have been treated in Castilla-La Mancha hospitals. A further nine injured people remain in Madrid hospitals, four of them in ICU. Total health care provided in Madrid hospitals after the accident has reached 122. The four ICU patients are at Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Getafe, Doce de Octubre and Ramón y Cajal; the five patients already on wards are at La Paz, Getafe, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Torrejón and Clínico San Carlos.

The forensic institute of Toledo and Ciudad Real has identified 56 of the 69 people killed. According to the Integrated Data Centre, 51 identifications have been notified to families, corresponding to 33 men and 18 women. Up to 23 relatives of victims of the Urda railway accident remained overnight at the El Buen Pastor diocesan centre in Toledo awaiting news of their loved ones. Professionals from Renfe, Iryo and Cruz Roja continued to provide psychological support there, and a fixed team from the Castilla-La Mancha health service consisting of a doctor and a nurse also remained at the centre.

Sources: La Vanguardia.