rail disaster

More than 280 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a collision involving two passenger trains and a goods train in the Indian city of Balasore, in one of the worst rail crashes in recent history. One passenger train...

A panel of experts appointed by authorities in Greece to examine the causes of the deadly rail crash at Tempi issued its long-awaited report on Thursday. The 228-page report examined the causes of the crash on February 28. The collision,...

Trains in Greece went back into gradual operation on Wednesday following the rail tragedy at Tempi on February 28 that cost the lives of 57 people and injured scores more. The gradual reopening of the railway system was announced by...

Railway services are expected to gradually resume in Greece from Wednesday, three weeks after the deadly rail disaster at Tempi.

Thousands of people joined a nationwide strike and many more gathered for a second time in as many weeks in the center of Athens to demand justice for the death of 57 people in the train disaster of Feb....

The latest poll on voting intentions in Greece suggests that while center-right New Democracy (ND) is still ahead of left-wing SYRIZA, the lead has narrowed since the rail disaster on February 28. The Marc poll for Antenna TV, which was...

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologised again for the recent train disaster in Greece. Addressing a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Mitsotakis repeated his public apology in the name of all those who have governed the country in recent years, but...

Greece is burying its dead from the rail disaster at Tempi, near Larissa, on Tuesday. Families and friends, dressed in black, clung to each other, in tears, as the coffin of 23-year-old Ifigenia Mitska was lifted up the stairs of...

The station master involved in Greece's worst-ever train disaster is due to appear in court on Sunday to face charges for the crash that killed at least 57 people. The 59-year-old station master at Larissa, central Greece, has admitted responsibility...

Greek parents, relatives and friends have turned to social media in search of young people, mostly students who are missing following the rail disaster at Tempi, central Greece on Tuesday night. People post photos of their loved ones on Twitter...