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Train Derails in the Netherlands 5 Weeks After Rail Disaster in Greece

One person has died and dozens have been injured, many seriously, after a passenger train derailed in the south of the Netherlands in the early hours of Tuesday. Emergency services say the overnight crash happened after the train transporting about...

Greek PM Mitsotakis Apologizes for Train Tragedy

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis took to social media on Sunday to apologize for the train tragedy at Tempi that resulted in the deaths of at least 57 people. Mitsotakis who is facing a general election this spring as prime minister,...

Greece in Mourning as Train Disaster Death Toll Rises to 57

Greece is in mourning following the train disaster at Tempi near Larissa on Tuesday that killed at least 57 people and injured dozens more. Several more people are missing. A passenger train and a cargo train were involved in the...

Train Collision in Greece: Electronic Systems ‘Not Working for Years’

Experts say that the train collision in Greece late on Tuesday that led to the death of at least 36 people was probably caused by human error due to the fact that the electronic systems onboard trains are "not...

Thessaloniki Metro Cannot Be Ready By 2020, Construction Group Warns

Ellaktor, the company which is responsible for the construction of the new underground railway (metro) system of the city of Thessaloniki warned recently that the scheduled start of the metro's operation in 2020 might not happen. In a letter sent...

One Dead, Two Injured When Train Collides With Truck in Kiklis, Central Macedonia

One woman was killed and two others were seriously injured after a freight train collided with a pickup truck in the area of Myriofyto in Central Macedonia's Kilkis region. The crash occurred at 11:00 in the morning local time. According...

Iconic Greek Rail Route Resumes Service Following April's Landslide

The operation of the "Odontotos", the iconic Greek cog railway, resumed for the first time on Thursday following a landslide which took place in April. Due to adverse weather conditions and heavy rain, the landslide blocked the railway line which connects...

New Rail Link to Join Piraeus, Athens Airport

Next month will see the Greek port of Piraeus linked by rail to Athens' international airport, it was announced on Tuesday. Piraeus, which is also undergoing major expansion to handle more cargo from the Far East, will be a terminus...

Tsipras and Bulgarian PM Present Rail Link Plan to EU Commission

On Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov presented the Greece-Bulgaria agreement for the Sea To Sea rail link to the European Commission, President Jean-Claude Juncker. They both noted that it was an important project for...

End of an Era: Greece’s TrainOSE Sold to Italian Rail Operator

On Thursday, Greece finalized the sale of railway operator TrainOSE to Italy’s Ferrovie dello Stato, and Greece expects hundreds of millions of euros to be invested in the country’s aging rail infrastructure over the coming years. Ferrovie Dello Stato is...