At least 48 people have been injured after a train crashed into a railway buffer at a Barcelona train station.

According to Spanish media reports, eighteen people were hospitalised – with five people receiving serious injuries

No deaths have been reported.

The driver of the train was reportedly among the injured.

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The train was coming from Sant Vicenc de Calders village in the province of Tarragona.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear – and investigations are ongoing.