44 people have died in two incidents that happened just days apart.<\/b>
\nSpanish train drivers on Wednesday called a three-day strike for February, plunging the country\u2019s under-scrutiny railways into further turmoil, after two accidents just days apart killed 44 people.
A train driver died and 37 people were injured \u2013 several seriously \u2013 in the latest incident on Tuesday, when a commuter service hit a retaining wall that fell onto the tracks in Gelida near Barcelona.
Spain was already observing three days of national mourning from Sunday\u2019s collision involving two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia that killed 43 people \u2013 the country\u2019s deadliest rail accident in more than a decade.
The back-to-back tragedies have raised doubts about the safety of train travel in Spain, which boasts the world\u2019s second-largest high-speed network that has received huge investment in recent years.
The February 9-11 walkout will affect all train companies and is \u201cthe only legal route left for workers to demand the restoration of the rail system\u2019s safety\u201d for staff and users, the Semaf driver union said in a statement.
The two disasters \u201crepresent a turning point\u201d, the union added, saying numerous reports about \u201cthe poor state of the tracks\u201d went unanswered \u201cfor months, even years\u201d.<\/p>\n