All 69 people killed in the Toledo rail disaster have now been identified, including 15 foreign nationals.

The identification process was completed by forensic teams in Toledo and Ciudad Real, according to an update released on Monday night by the Integrated Data Centre (CID).

The victims were 40 men and 29 women, all adults. Of those killed, 54 were Spanish nationals.

The foreign victims included four Americans, two Australians and two Japanese citizens, alongside one person each from Argentina, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Mexico, Portugal and Tunisia.

All families have been notified, as have the relevant consular offices for those from overseas, according to information released by Castilla-La Mancha’s High Court of Justice.

Investigators identified 56 victims through fingerprints, with the remaining 13 identified through DNA analysis.

The fingerprint work was carried out by the Guardia Civil’s criminalistics service, while DNA testing was undertaken by the National Institute of Toxicology in collaboration with the force.

Families were informed personally before each identification was added to the publicly released figures.

The bodies of 55 victims have now been made available to their relatives.

More than 60 professionals have participated in post-mortem examinations and identification work in Toledo since the disaster.

They included forensic doctors from Toledo, Ciudad Real, Caceres and Cuenca, eight post-mortem technicians and nine specialists responsible for DNA testing.

A further 27 Guardia Civil officers from criminalistics and Judicial Police units worked on fingerprint identification and DNA samples provided by relatives of missing passengers.

Four psychologists have also been providing support to bereaved families.

The CID said Spain’s Military Emergency Unit, the UME, supplied essential logistical assistance throughout the identification and notification process.