Dozens of people were injured on Friday when a commuter train ploughed into the buffers of a busy station in Barcelona.<br /><br />It happened at 07:15, during the morning rush hour, at Francia station in the centre of the northeastern Spanish city.<br /><br />Reports say the regional train simply failed to brake. It is not known why and an investigation is underway.<br /><br />After conflicting numbers for those injured, authorities put the figure at 54, including the driver.<br /><br />Over 50 people were injured this morning- one seriously- in a train crash at a station in Barcelona, Spain: pic.twitter.com/5ZE19OELx5— NBC News (@NBCNews) 28 juillet 2017<br /><br />One person was seriously hurt. More than 30 are described as lightly injured.<br /><br />Many were treated on the platform, with local roads blocked to traffic to allow emergency services to get through.<br /><br />The train had travelled from the village of Sant Vicenc de Calders, around 70 kilometres away, in the province of Tarragona.<br /><br />One passenger in the first carriage said that a lot of people, standing on the packed train, bumped into each other and fell to the ground at the moment of impact which she described as like an earthquake.<br /><br />Our correspondent in the Catalan capital, Cristina Giner, said:<br /><br />“Barcelona city centre woke up to chaos with this serious train accident. Most of the passengers were commuters coming here for a day’s work.”<br /><br />Commuter train crash in Barcelona station injures 48 https://t.co/q4qbwvlPQt pic.twitter.com/jhePNoCjp9— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) 28 juillet 2017<br /><br />with Reuters<br />
