The train was travelling at 153km/h (95mph) at the time, investigators at the Court of Justice of Galicia said. Whereas the speed limit on the sharp bend where the train derailed was set at 80km/h (49mph).
Francisco Jose Garzon Amo - the driver of ill fated Spanish train
Moments before the accident the train was travelling at a speed of 192km/h (119mph), the court said in a statement.
Investigators say the brakes were activated shortly before the crash.
It may be added that all eight carriages of the train careered off the tracks into a concrete wall as they sped around the curve on the express route between Madrid and the port city of Ferrol on the Galician coast. The train accident cost 79 lives.
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Investigators say the brakes were activated shortly before the crash.
It may be added that all eight carriages of the train careered off the tracks into a concrete wall as they sped around the curve on the express route between Madrid and the port city of Ferrol on the Galician coast. The train accident cost 79 lives.
Read more at BBC
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