HE rail transport Greece slowly started to act again this Wednesday, after 21 days frontal collision of two trains This left 57 dead and paralyzed circulation on the country’s railways until Wednesday.
Multiple commuter trains in Athens and Patras and various tourist routes in central and southern Greece reopened early Wednesday.
Although the government has planned to restart intercity and freight lines in the north of the country, these are still suspended. engineers refuse to drive convoysbecause they emphasize that there are still security issues on these routes.
In a letter Tuesday to Hellenic Train, the company that operates Greek railways, the train drivers’ union said: At many points of these routes, communication between the train and the station is not possible.while there are passes for unattended cars.
also ask the company “written consent” that it’s safe to go through a series of tunnels where firefighters have recorded safety “issues”
According to the government’s plan, both freight and passenger rail service, It will continue gradually until April 11.
“Trains (service) need to be restarted to regain public trust,” said Interim Transport Minister Yorgos Yerapetritis, emphasizing that if the rails are not used, the risk of theft or deterioration of infrastructures increases.
February 28 at 23:21 local time (22:21 peninsula time) In the north of the city of Larisa, a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train, 57 people were killed.Mostly college students.
The conservative Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitstotakis acknowledged this in a special episode. no security systems could have prevented this tragedy.
The Italian state company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane operates the Greek Train, but the country’s rail infrastructure is subordinate to state company OSE.