train collision

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....

Greek trains will restart operations gradually from March 22, beginning with the suburban railroad lines between Piraeus, Athens, and the International Airport, freight trains between Athens and Thessaloniki, and specific local lines in Greece. State Minister responsible for Infrastructure and...

A new nationwide strike will take place in Greece on Thursday over the deadly rail collision at Tempi that claimed the lives of 57 people. The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), the Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY), and the Panhellenic...

Three more Greek rail officials were charged on Thursday in connection with a train crash that killed 57 people, as protests continued and the government promised to overhaul rail safety. Magistrates overseeing an investigation into the causes of the crash...

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 announced on Wednesday urgent safety upgrades to the rail network following the train disaster last week at Tempi that claimed the lives of at least 57 people. "No train will set off again, if we have not secured safety...

Turkey is releasing the jailed father of a train driver killed in the Greek rail disaster so that he can attend his son's funeral. According to sources, this was the topic of a discussion on the phone between Foreign Minister...

The EU's European Railway Agency (ERA) has been warning successive governments in Greece since at least 2014 about safety gaps in the Greek railway system, it emerged on Tuesday. ERA head Josef Doppelbauer, speaking to Kathimerini newspaper, said that the...

Two doctors were suspended pending a disciplinary inquiry after it emerged that they granted 30 days of sick leave to the supervisor of the station master at Larissa just hours after the deadly train collision. The doctors at a hospital...

Hundreds of thousands of protestors have gathered across major cities and communities in Greece to call for answers and justice in the wake of the train disaster that has plunged the country into sorrow and anger. In Athens alone, tens...