THE train that derailed in the north-western province of Pontevedra last Friday was travelling at excessive speed. Four people died when the train travelling from Vigo to Oporto in northern Portugal came off the track at O Porriño, colliding with several electrical gantries and coming to rest against a signalling tower with three carriages wholly or partially overturned. Witnesses on board said the train had started swaying before braking suddenly and derailing.
