Portugal’s worst train disaster

<p>On 11 September 1985 in Mangualde, central Portugal, an express train collided head-on with a regional train killing an estimated 150 people.</p><p>The impact destroyed both engines and the leaking diesel caught fire. Many of the bodies were unidentifiable after passengers who survived the collision were trapped in the wreckage and unable to escape the blaze and toxic fumes. </p><p>An inquiry found both trains had been allowed to use the same single track line when the express should have had priority. …