Protests were held yesterday evening at the Thessaloniki train station, the city of Larissa and outside the Athens offices of the railway's operating company, where protesters threw rocks at the building and at police.
THE DEATH TOLL from Greece’s worst rail accident has risen to 42, as hopes faded of finding anyone still alive in the wreckage from the head-on collision.
The 59-year-old will have to explain how a passenger train carrying some 350 people was allowed to run on the same line as a freight train for several kilometres.Rescuers at the scene said they had never dealt with a disaster of this magnitude before. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said it was a “terrible train accident without precedent” in Greece, promising that the tragedy would be “fully” investigated.
In an open letter last month, train staff said track safety systems were incomplete and poorly maintained. Protests were held yesterday evening at the Thessaloniki train station, the city of Larissa and outside the Athens offices of the railway’s Italian-owned operating company, Hellenic Train, where protesters threw rocks at the building and at police.
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