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First High Speed Train Arrives in Greece

Greece received its first high-speed train earlier in the week which will soon make traveling across the country much faster. The train, called “White Arrow”, can reach speeds of 200 km (124 miles) per hour. The first trip, operated by Greek...

High Speed Trains Coming to Greece

High speed trains will soon make traveling across Greece much faster. The trains, which can reach speeds of 200 km (124 miles) per hour, will arrive in the country on January 18. The first trip with these cutting-edge trains, which...

Ianos: Floods in Lamia, Train Routes Cut, Extreme Weather Warnings Through the Weekend

The "medicane" Ianos, a rare, hurricane-like storm in the Mediterranean, has brought gale-force winds and flooding to Western Greece and the Ionian islands, and is slowly making its way to the central and southern parts of the country, as...

Eight Hurt After Train Hits Terminal Wall North of Athens

At least eight passengers were slightly injured when a suburban train hit a terminal wall at Kifisia, north Athens on Tuesday. According to reports, the train entered the Kifisia station at too high a rate of speed and hit a...

Woman Dead After Train Collides With Car in Greece's Trikala

A woman died on Saturday morning in Trikala, Thessaly after a train collided with a car. The train which was heading from the city of Trikala to Kalampaka collided with a white, private car at the crossing of Pyrgetos. Media reports...

One Dead After Train Collides With Car in Northern Greece

An horrific collision between a passenger train and a small automobile took place near the town of Diavata in Northern Greece on Monday morning. A train which was heading from Alexandroupolis to Thessaloniki collided with a small, compact car which...

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...

Train Hits Bus in Athens; No Casualties Reported

An Athens suburban train, also known as Proastiakos, collided with a bus full of passengers early Friday morning at the Liosia neighborhood of the Greek capital. No one was hurt in the accident, according to police and medical staff sent...

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 Sub-Four-Hour Athens-Thessaloniki Train Service to Begin May 20

Thanos Vourdas, the general secretary of Greece's infrastructure and transport ministry, announced on Monday that the first express electric train service which will take passengers from Athens to Thessaloniki in under four hours will be launched next Monday, May...