rail disaster

If it were not for Maria Karystianou the railway tragedy at Tempe in 2023 that claimed the lives of 53 people would perhaps been forgotten. Karystianou, dubbed the "mother of Tempe", has been fighting for the last 12 months in...

The mother of a Tempe train disaster victim blasted the Greek government in an emotional speech at the European Parliament on Monday. Maria Karystianou, who represents the families of the 57 victims of the train accident in Tempe, said that...

A memorial service was held on Wednesday at the site of the rail tragedy in Tempe in Central Greece to honor the 57 individuals who lost their lives on February 28, 2023. Relatives and friends gathered to pay their respects,...

Strikes across Greece mark the first anniversary of the nation's worst rail tragedy at Tempe as workers demand answers for the accident and punishment for those responsible. A year after the railway disaster, that claimed the lives of 57 people...

Weather extremes including heatwaves, wildfires, and floods as well as the rail disaster at Tempi have defined 2023 in Greece. However, there was also some good news including the improvement in relations with Turkey and the resurgence of the Greek...

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....