Two Australians were among the 69 people who died in a high-speed train crash in Spain last week, according to local authorities.
The High Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha — via the Integrated Data Centre (CID) which was enacted to respond to the transport disaster — said that two Australians who were missing had been confirmed dead.
The victims were all adults — 40 men and 29 women.
Authorities said 55 bodies had been released back to families and next-of-kin have been advised of each confirmed death.
The victims were 54 Spanish nationals, two Australians, two Japanese, four US citizens, and one from each of Portugal, Canada, France, Argentina, Tunisia, Mexico and the Czech Republic.
Authorities said they had confirmed the identities of 56 people through fingerprint analysis and another 13 through DNA testing at the Institutes of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.
The incident happened last Wednesday local time when a high-speed train collided with a stationary train near the municipality of Urda in the province of Toledo about 130km south of Madrid.
There were more than 500 people, including crew, on board the trains at the time of the collision.
A preliminary report into the recent crash said the moving train reached at least 160km/h before impact, according to AAP.
It is Europe’s worst railway accident since 2013. A crash on the same train line in January this year killed 46 people.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was contacted for comment.