Car plunges from bridge onto Madrid train tracks, halting commuter trains

A car dropped from a road bridge straight onto the railway lines next to Fuenlabrada Cercanias station, on the outskirts of Madrid on Saturday morning, bringing services to a stop between Madrid suburbs.

Emergency services confirmed the incident happened around 10.30am at number 1 Calle Grecia. Luckily, the driver managed to climb out of the car unaided before SUMMA 112 medics assessed him at the scene. They later took him to Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre as a potentially serious case because of the force of the fall, though no specific injuries have been detailed as of yet.

Madrid regional firefighters then faced a tricky job extracting the car from the tracks. Crews carried out a careful, precise operation so the railway infrastructure itself stayed undamaged.

El obstáculo🤐🤐🤐 #Fuenlabrada #Coche https://t.co/jI49NHxioS pic.twitter.com/xRolgmc4Eg

— FernandoMadrid. (@FernandoMadridd) August 22, 2026

C-5 services stopped while crews clear the line

Adif, the railway operator, reported that Cercanias C-5 trains, plus some Media Distancia services, could not run through the Fuenlabrada stretch. One commuter train sat stopped just before the station and its passengers got fed up of waiting and decided to walk off under their own steam.

Operators advised travellers to switch to buses or other routes while the recovery continued. Power was cut to the relevant tracks during the clearance work.

Un turismo se precipita por un puente hacia las vías junto a la estación de cercanías de

📍Fuenlabrada.

El conductor y único ocupante sale por sus propios medios y es atendido y trasladado por #SUMMA112 al hospital.

Los #BomberosCM realizan un trabajo muy complejo para… pic.twitter.com/h8RXo6Vioq

— 112 Comunidad de Madrid (@112cmadrid) August 22, 2026

Traffic restarts after careful recovery

Once the vehicle was lifted clear, teams restored power and checked the line. Circulation on the line restarted later that morning with average delays of about 12 minutes across the affected services. Local police are examining exactly how the car left the bridge.

This sort of disruption adds to the regular headaches on Madrid’s busy southern commuter routes, where engineering works and incidents often force last-minute changes.

On how the accident happened in the first place, the local authorities have not yet explained, but considering the heavy traffic in that area on a Saturday morning due to the local shopping centre, a collision with another vehicle is not yet ruled out.

Commuters heading through southern Madrid stations should keep an eye on apps and station boards for any knock-on effects over the rest of the we