Stationmaster charged in Greece train crash that killed 57
2 years ago

Stationmaster charged in Greece train crash that killed 57

LA Times  

A protester outside the Greek Parliament sits among black balloons Sunday during a demonstration prompted by last week’s fatal train collision. A stationmaster accused of causing Greece’s deadliest train disaster was charged with negligent homicide and jailed pending trial Sunday, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized for any responsibility Greece’s government may bear for the tragedy. In an initial statement Wednesday, Mitsotakis had said the crash resulted from a “tragic human error.” Opposition parties pounced on the remark, accusing the prime minister of trying to cover up the state’s role and making the inexperienced stationmaster a scapegoat. A retired railway union leader, Panayotis Paraskevopoulos, told Greek newspaper Kathimerini that the signaling system in the area monitored by the Larissa stationmaster malfunctioned six years ago and was never repaired. Greek media have reported that the stationmaster, a former porter with the railway company, was transferred to a Ministry of Education desk job in 2011, when Greece’s creditors demanded reductions in the number of public employees.

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Warning that Greece will come to a standstill as country hit by mass protest
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Warning that Greece will come to a standstill as country hit by mass protest

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Greece will come to a standstill on Friday as thousands are expected to join mass protests, …

Anger mounts as Greece remembers deadliest train crash two years on
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Anger mounts as Greece remembers deadliest train crash two years on

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of Greeks go on strike and join protests, directing their rage at the government two years after 57 people died. An independent accident report released on Thursday cited a litany of chronic equipment failures and human errors in the Greek railway system that led a northbound passenger train to collide head-on with a southbound freight train in the Tempe …

Greek rail disaster report cites errors and major systemic failures
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Greek rail disaster report cites errors and major systemic failures

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — A long-awaited report on the investigation into Greece’s deadliest train crash was released Thursday, blaming human error, outdated infrastructure and major systemic failures for the head-on collision that killed 57 people two years ago. Investigators also highlighted poor training, staff shortages and a deteriorating railway system that lacked automated safety controls, noting a chronic lack of public …

Greek stationmaster suspended after 2 trains were ordered onto a collision course
6 months, 1 week ago

Greek stationmaster suspended after 2 trains were ordered onto a collision course

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A train stationmaster was suspended …

After Greek rail disaster, trains gradually restart
2 years ago

After Greek rail disaster, trains gradually restart

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Train services in Greece resumed Wednesday for the first time since a deadly rail disaster three weeks ago, and just a day after the embattled conservative prime minister announced an early election for May. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose center-right government has been struggling to regain its footing after the crash, said late Tuesday said he would …

After train collision that killed 57, railway service in Greece gradually resumes
2 years ago

After train collision that killed 57, railway service in Greece gradually resumes

LA Times  

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that new elections would be held in May. Train services in Greece resumed Wednesday for the first time since a deadly rail disaster three weeks ago and just a day after the embattled conservative prime minister announced early elections for May. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose center-right government has been struggling to regain …

'Top priority': Greek Prime Minister asks Supreme Court to expedite prosecutions over train crash
2 years ago

'Top priority': Greek Prime Minister asks Supreme Court to expedite prosecutions over train crash

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is expected to seek re-election in April, asked for forgiveness from the families of those killed in Greece’s worst rail disaster as thousands of furious protesters rallied in Athens and clashed with police Athens, Greece: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked the country’s Supreme Court to give “top priority” to the criminal cases triggered …

Greece Train Crash: PM Mitsotakis Seeks Forgiveness; Stationmaster Charged
2 years ago

Greece Train Crash: PM Mitsotakis Seeks Forgiveness; Stationmaster Charged

News 18  

The stationmaster implicated in Greece’s deadliest rail crash, which killed at least 57 people, was charged and taken into custody Sunday, hours after the prime minister asked for forgiveness for the disaster. A legal source told AFP that the 59-year-old stationmaster, who has been named as Vassilis Samaras, was charged over his role in the “death of a large number …

Sorrow gives way to anger in Greece’s worst ever train crash
2 years ago

Sorrow gives way to anger in Greece’s worst ever train crash

Al Jazeera  

Many of the 57 people who died in Greece’s train accident were young, sparking fury across the country. Larissa, Greece – Relatives of those killed in Greece’s worst-ever train accident stood in silence at the Larissa General Hospital amphitheatre, normally used for doctors’ seminars. “They’ve focused on one tree, and have moved the forest away,” said a taxi driver from …

Greek stationmaster jailed pending trial after deadly train crash
2 years ago

Greek stationmaster jailed pending trial after deadly train crash

Al Jazeera  

A Greek railway employee has been jailed pending trial over a train crash that killed at least 57 people. The railway employee, who cannot be named under Greek law, was the stationmaster in the central city of Larissa, where the train crash took place. “Justice will very fast investigate the tragedy and determine liabilities.” Railway workers’ unions say safety systems …

Stationmaster Charged In Greece Train Crash That Killed 57
2 years ago

Stationmaster Charged In Greece Train Crash That Killed 57

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ATHENS, Greece — A stationmaster accused of causing Greece’s deadliest train disaster was charged with negligent homicide and jailed pending trial Sunday, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized for any responsibility Greece’s government may bear for the tragedy. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accompanied by Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis, visit the location of train collision in Tempe, …

Deadly Greek train crash prompts strike; relatives give DNA
2 years ago

Deadly Greek train crash prompts strike; relatives give DNA

Associated Press  

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Family members awaited the results of DNA testing to identify victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece, as workers went on strike Thursday saying the rail system is outdated, underfunded and dangerous. “I’ve been trying since yesterday afternoon to communicate with the company to find out what seat my father was in,” …

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis blames 'tragic human error' for train collision
2 years ago

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis blames 'tragic human error' for train collision

Firstpost  

Larissa, Greece: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday that a “tragic human error” was probably responsible for a train collision that left at least 38 dead in the country’s worst rail tragedy. The president of the train drivers’ union, Kostas Genidounias, told AFP that the accident “would have been avoided if the safety systems were working”. Prime Minister Kyriakos …

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash
2 years ago

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash

Associated Press  

TEMPE, Greece — Rescuers searched late into the night Wednesday for survivors amid the mangled, burned-out wrecks of two trains that collided in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country’s deadliest rail crash. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the collision of the passenger train and a freight train “a …

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece's deadliest train crash
2 years ago

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece's deadliest train crash

India Today  

Rescuers searched late into the night Wednesday for survivors amid the mangled, burned-out wrecks of two trains that collided in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country’s deadliest rail crash. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the collision of the passenger train and a freight train “a horrific rail accident …

What went wrong in Greece? All to know about deadly train crash
2 years ago

What went wrong in Greece? All to know about deadly train crash

Al Jazeera  

At least 57 people were killed when a passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa. A passenger train travelling from the capital, Athens, to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train carrying shipping containers coming from the opposite direction on the same track. “The last conversation recorded between the station master …

Burned carriages, mangled steel at site of Greek train crash
2 years ago

Burned carriages, mangled steel at site of Greek train crash

Associated Press  

TEMPE, Greece — Sudden braking, sparks, an explosion. Survivors of a deadly train crash in Greece said the impact of the collision sent passengers flying though the windows of train cars. Hours later, rescuers used cranes and heavy machinery to sift through the horrific scene of mangled carriages, smoking steel and strewn bodies near the Vale of Tempe, a river …

Fiery Greece train collision kills 26, injures at least 85
2 years ago

Fiery Greece train collision kills 26, injures at least 85

Deccan Chronicle  

Tempe : A passenger train and an oncoming freight train collided in a fiery wreck in northern Greece early Wednesday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 85, Fire Service officials said. “The evacuation process is ongoing and is being carried out under very difficult conditions due to the severity of the collision between the two trains,” Fire Service spokesman …

Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at least 85
2 years ago

Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at least 85

Associated Press  

TEMPE, Greece — A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing 32 and injuring at least 85, officials said Wednesday. “The trains were completely destroyed, both passenger and freight trains.” He said dazed and disoriented people were escaping out of the train’s rear cars …

Train crash in Greece | stationmaster arrested after crash kills at least 36
2 years ago

Train crash in Greece | stationmaster arrested after crash kills at least 36

The Hindu  

A passenger train and an oncoming freight train collided in a fiery wreck in northern Greece early on March 1, killing 36 people and injuring at least 85, Fire Service officials said. “The evacuation process is ongoing and is being carried out under very difficult conditions due to the severity of the collision between the two trains,” Fire Service spokesman …

Videos: 32 killed, 85 injured as two trains collide in Greece; rescue ops on
2 years ago

Videos: 32 killed, 85 injured as two trains collide in Greece; rescue ops on

Hindustan Times  

Thirty-two people were killed and at least 85 injured in a collision of two trains near the city of Larissa in Greece, news agency Reuters reported quoting fire brigade spokesperson Vassilis Varthakogiannis. The trains collided in central Greece late on Tuesday after which rescue teams evacuated passengers as at least two carriages caught fire, the fire brigade said. Greece Train …

36 dead, 85 injured as two trains collide in Greece
2 years ago

36 dead, 85 injured as two trains collide in Greece

India Today  

36 people were killed and at least 85 were injured after a passenger train collided with an oncoming cargo train in Greece on the intervening night between Tuesday and Wednesday. Several train coaches got derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash which took place in Tempe, said a report by AP news. ❗️ Two trains collide in …

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash
2 years ago

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash

LA Times  

A collision of a passenger train and a freight train in Tempe, Greece, killed at least 43 people. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the collision of the passenger train and a freight train “a horrific rail accident without precedent in our country,” and pledged a full, independent investigation. Transportation Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned, saying he felt it was his …

Death toll from Greece’s deadliest train crash rises to 43
2 years ago

Death toll from Greece’s deadliest train crash rises to 43

Al Jazeera  

Greek prime minister blames ‘tragic human error’ for the country’s worst rail accident near central city of Larissa. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has blamed human error for a collision between two trains that killed at least 43 people, in the country’s worst rail tragedy that triggered the resignation of the transport minister. “They are in very bad condition.” Greece’s …

Photos: Deadly train collision in Greece kills dozens
2 years ago

Photos: Deadly train collision in Greece kills dozens

Al Jazeera  

A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing 36 and injuring at least 85. Multiple train cars derailed and at least three burst into flames after the collision near the town of Tempe just before midnight on Tuesday. They said others fought to free …

Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at least 85
2 years ago

Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at least 85

LA Times  

A freight train collided with a passenger train near Tempe, north of Athens, resulting in the derailment of several train cars. A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from vacation, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing 32 and injuring at least 85, officials …

Driving instructor killed in crash with train, student barely escaped
6 years, 10 months ago

Driving instructor killed in crash with train, student barely escaped

NL Times  

A 66-year-old driving instructor from Amersfoort was killed in a collision between his car and a train in Bussum on Tuesday. A video of the accident shows that the girl got out of the car and off the tracks just seconds before the train hit, AD reports after seeing the video. The accident disrupted train traffic around Bussum for a …

4 dead, 5 injured in train derailment in northern Greece
7 years, 10 months ago

4 dead, 5 injured in train derailment in northern Greece

India TV News  

An intercity train derailed in northern Greece, leaving four passengers dead and five seriously injured, including the driver, the state railway said in a statement early Sunday. The train, with 70 passengers, was traveling on the Athens-Thessaloniki route when it went off the rails and crashed through a house by the village of Adendro, 40 kilometers west of Thessaloniki, on …

Train collision kills one
16 years, 7 months ago

Train collision kills one

Hindustan Times  

A train rammed into another train from behind on tuesday morning killing one person and injuring five near Ghaziabad. Hearing the roar of the collision and subsequent pandemonium, people from nearby Kadka village rushed to the spot for a quick rescue job but except for the derailed parcel van and the engine of the colliding train, there was no damage. …

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