Greece train crash

Investigation may uncover signalling or human error, but some are already propounding the role of railway privatisation.

In that incident, a distracted signaller, who allowed two trains to travel in opposite directions down the single-track line, was eventually found responsible. A high proportion of deaths have been track workers rather than passengers. The damage from a head-on collision at such speeds is clear – while several carriages were visibly burnt and derailed, the leading two, the regional governor said, “no longer exist”.

The death toll rose to 36 on Wednesday and a railroad worker was arrested after two trains collided head-on in northern Greece.

They said others fought to free themselves after the passenger train buckled, slamming into a field near the gorge 235 miles north of Athens. [FLORIDA DERAILMENT: ] [Train carrying propane derailed near Florida airport; no leaks detected, officials say](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/28/sarasota-florida-derailment-propane-officials/11368082002/) [Prime minister vows to determine cause of crash] [Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who described the crash as "an unspeakable tragedy," was travelling to the region, his office said. “The trains were completely destroyed, both passenger and freight trains.”] [Train station official arrested] [The stationmaster in the Greek city of Larissa, near where two trains collided Tuesday night, has been charged with manslaughter by negligence and grievous bodily harm by negligence, police said. Authorities did not immediately reveal their connection to the crash, and no cause was immediately revealed. Cranes were brought in to slowly peel away layers of the twisted, burned steel.

At least 36 people died and dozens more were injured in the head-on collision between two trains near the city of Larissa on Tuesday night. The front carriages ...

The station master, who is in charge of signalling, has denied both charges and blamed the accident on a technical fault. You can also get in touch in the following ways: Five hours later, we are finding bodies," an exhausted rescuer emerging from the wreckage told AFP news agency. "We were turning over in the carriage until we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. Angelos Tsiamouras told Greek broadcaster ERT the crash had felt like an earthquake, and he smashed the train window using his suitcase. "I've never seen anything like this in my entire life. However, officials say some may have left the scene without being accounted for. "For 10, 15 seconds it was chaos. As we were turning over we were being burned. He said the first four carriages of the passenger train were derailed, and the first two carriages caught fire and were "almost completely destroyed". Fire was right and left," Mr Minenis was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.

Rescuers delved Wednesday through flattened, burned-out carriages for survivors and bodies after a passenger train and a freight train crashed head-on in ...

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A head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train flattened carriages, killed at least 36 people and injured some 85, Greek officials said ...

TEMPE, Greece (AP) — Rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday in the mangled, burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern ...

Many of the passengers were students returning to Thessaloniki from Carnival, but officials said but no detailed passenger list was available. Minor clashes broke out as some protesters threw stones at the offices of Greece’s rail operator and riot police, and set dumpsters on fire. In Athens, several hundred members of left-wing groups marched late Wednesday to protest the train deaths. He said some passengers escaped through windows but that after a few minutes, crew members were able to open the doors and let people out. “Our carriage didn’t derail, but the ones in front did and were smashed,” he said, visibly shaken. Condolences poured in from all over the world, including neighboring Turkey, Greece’s historic regional rival. Authorities arrested the stationmaster at the train’s last stop, in the city of Larissa. While the track is double, both trains were traveling in opposite directions on the same line near the Vale of Tempe, a river valley about 380 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens. “It will take a long time,” said Sarianidis. Police took their names as they arrived, in an effort to track anyone who may be missing. He said windows shattered, showering riders with glass. Vassilis Polyzos, a local resident who said he was one of the first people on the scene, said both trains “were completely destroyed.”

Rescuers delved Wednesday through flattened, burned-out carriages for survivors and bodies after a passenger train and a freight train crashed head-on in ...

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The crash, the country's worst in decades, took place in the Tempe valley after a passenger train traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki collided with a cargo ...

In 2017, it was sold to the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group. The two trains were on the same track, but traveling in opposite directions for many kilometers before the collision, according to government spokesman Ioannis Oikonomou. Temperatures in the burning train car reached 2,372 degrees Fahrenheit.

Rescuers delved Wednesday through flattened, burned-out carriages for survivors and bodies after a passenger train and a freight train crashed head-on in ...

“The trains were completely destroyed, both passenger and freight trains.” “People, naturally, were scared — very scared,” he said. The doors were closed but in a few minutes train staff opened them and we got out.” “It will take a long time,” said Sarianidis. Officials said the army had been contacted to assist. The cause of the crash near the Vale of Tempe, about 380 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, was not immediately clear, but the stationmaster in the nearby city of Larissa was arrested Wednesday.

A passenger train and a freight train were traveling down the same track when they crashed head-on, sending the first two passenger carriages flying into ...

following the aftermath of [an Ohio train derailment that sent hazardous materials spilling into the surrounding residential area.](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157333630/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment) [An initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/23/1158972561/east-palestine-train-derailment-ntsb-preliminary-report-wheel-bearing) stopped short of declaring a conclusive cause of the Ohio derailment, but said a wheel bearing overheated, raising questions of whether the train's safety sensors and procedures were sufficient. [told NPR's Up First that the collision is likely to spark a debate](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/27/1159628799/china-response-to-house-hearing-cpac-starts-amid-controversy-greece-train-crash) around rail safety. The freight train was likely carrying construction material, such as heavy steel plates, [according to Greece's public media agency, ERT.](https://www.ertnews.gr/eidiseis/ellada/live-sygkrousi-trenon-sta-tempi-toulaxiston-36-nekroi-dekades-traymaties-anazitoun-epivates-sta-syntrimmia/) The trains collided, head-on, just before midnight local time, as the passenger train was exiting a tunnel under a highway in the municipality of Tempe. The 59-year-old Hellenic Train employee denied any wrongdoing, saying the accident may have been a technical failure. Getting a full picture of what happened may take some time, authorities say. [According to the national rail operator,](https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en/news/announcement-132023-trains-collision) the passenger train was carrying roughly 350 people at the time of the collision, traveling at high speed from Athens to Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city. A total of 130 were injured. [reports the Associated Press.](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/1160282712/fiery-greece-train-collision-kills-more-than-2-dozen-injures-more-than-80) Υποχρέωσή μας τώρα είναι να περιθάλψουμε τους τραυματίες και να είμαστε δίπλα τους. [declared three days of national mourning](https://apa.az/en/europe/greek-pm-mitsotakis-declares-three-days-of-national-mourning-397614) in the country. [The Associated Press reported ](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/1160282712/fiery-greece-train-collision-kills-more-than-2-dozen-injures-more-than-80)that many of those passengers were students returning from Carnival, a three-day festival that precedes the religious season of Lent.

Rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday in the mangled wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people ...

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Rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday in the mangled, burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at ...

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Greek president says 'we are mainly mourning young people' after collision in which 40 have been confirmed dead.

“We need light because we need the cranes because [the debris] is so heavy.” When we realised what had happened, we tried to get out of the wagons, and when we managed that, we saw the chaos.” “It’s unclear if we’ll continue later or with the first light of day,” he told the public broadcaster ERT TV. “I met with relatives of the victims and the missing at the Larissa hospital. The Greek railway system was among an array of public utility companies that were privatised when the debt-stricken country narrowly avoided economic collapse a decade ago. Footage of rescuers rushing to the site of the crash near a gorge about 380km (235 miles) north of Athens in a desperate effort to find survivors amid the mangled wreckage sent a shudder through the nation.

At least 43 people died in the head-on collision between a passenger service and freight train.

Stergios Minenis, a 28-year-old passenger who jumped to safety from the wreckage, told Reuters news agency: "The fire was immediate. "Justice will do its job," he said in a televised address. The accident happened just before midnight on Tuesday.

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 ...

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TEMPE, Greece (AP) — Rescuers searched late into the night Wednesday for survivors amid the mangled, burned-out wrecks of two trains that collided in ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke of an "unspeakable tragedy" as he toured the site of a deadly train crash on Wednesday.

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Many protesters see the crash which claimed 43 lives as an accident that had been waiting to happen.

A vigil was also held in Athens, outside the offices of Hellenic Train. You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please include your name, age and location with any submission. At a silent vigil in Larissa on Wednesday to commemorate the victims of the incident, one demonstrator said he felt the disaster had only been a matter of time. "Pain has turned into anger for the dozens of dead and wounded colleagues and fellow citizens," the workers' union said in a statement announcing the strike. Three days of national mourning have been declared across the country following the incident, in which a passenger service crashed head on into a freight train, causing the front carriages to burst into flames.

Rescuers resumed a search for victims of Greece's deadliest train crash on Thursday, combing through the buckled and crushed remains of carriages that ...

To identify some of the victims, relatives had to give DNA samples at a hospital in Larissa, where Protests also broke out in Thessaloniki. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said it appeared the crash was “mainly due to a tragic human error.”

In Athens, several hundred members of left-wing groups marched late Wednesday to protest the train deaths. Minor clashes broke out as some protesters threw stones at the offices of Greece’s rail operator and riot police and set dumpsters on fire. He said some passengers escaped through windows but that after a few minutes, crew members were able to open the doors and let people out. It was the country’s deadliest rail crash on record. “Our carriage didn’t derail, but the ones in front did and were smashed,” he said, visibly shaken. The government declared three days of national mourning from Wednesday, while flags flew at half-staff outside all European Commission buildings in Brussels. Many of the passengers were students returning to Thessaloniki from Carnival, but officials said but no detailed passenger list was available. Emergency workers used cranes and other heavy machinery to move large pieces of the trains, revealing more bodies and dismembered remains. They did not release the man’s name or the reason for the arrest, but the stationmaster is responsible for rail traffic on that stretch of the tracks. The train from Athens to Thessaloniki was carrying 350 passengers, many of them students returning from raucous Carnival celebrations. Authorities arrested the stationmaster at the train’s last stop, in the city of Larissa. Police took their names as they arrived, in an effort to track anyone who may be missing.

The death toll from Wednesday's head-on crash involving a passenger train and freight carrier remained at 43 as crews continue to look for more bodies.

We wish a speedy recovery to all the injured.” That I promise you.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a message in Greek, writing “The people of Ukraine share the pain of the families of the victims.

More than 50 people were still hospitalized Thursday after the fiery crash, which has sparked a fierce debate over the state of the European nation's public ...

He called it "the least he could do to honor the memory of the victims" as he spoke on live television, adding that he was taking responsibility for "long-standing failures" in the country's transport network. The station master who was on duty in the city of Larissa, about 15 miles southwest of the crash site, when the crash happened "confessed" responsibility for the accident, a federal government spokesman said Thursday. Officials still haven't said exactly how the two trains ended up on a collision course on the same track, but the man in charge of a station in central Greece who was arrested Wednesday in connection with the crash has reportedly accepted "responsibility."

Demonstrators poured into the streets of Greece after a head-on collision between two trains killed dozens and left scores injured, amid anger over ...

Six of the injured being treated are in critical condition due to head wounds and serious burns, state-owned public broadcaster ERT reported Thursday. The accident came soon after a holiday weekend. A station manager of a train station in the city of Larissa was arrested in connection to the collision, as part of the investigation into the incident. The death toll is expected to rise. In a televised address after visiting the crash site, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the collision was “mainly” due “to tragic human error.” The Greek transport minister resigned in the wake of the tragedy, while a rail workers union is going on strike, accusing the government of “disrespect” in the sector.

Protests have erupted across Greece as anger grows over Wednesday's train crash that left at least 46 people dead and more than 70 injured.

Several of the dead are believed to have been found in the restaurant area near the front of the passenger train. ... We’re getting cranes to come in and special lifting equipment clear the debris and lift the rail cars. "The trains were completely destroyed, both passenger and freight trains.” They said others fought to free themselves after the passenger train buckled, slamming into a field near a gorge where major highway and rail tunnels are located. Costas Agorastos, the regional governor of the Thessaly area, told Greece's Skai television the two trains crashed head-on at high speed. Rescuers wearing headlamps worked in thick smoke, pulling pieces of mangled metal from the cars to search for trapped people. “The front section of the train was smashed. Police took their names as they arrived, in an effort to track anyone who may be missing. Two rail officials were being questioned by police but had not been detained. “People, naturally, were scared - very scared,” he said. Rescue crews illuminated the scene with floodlights before dawn as they searched frantically through the twisted, smoking wreckage for survivors. That I promise you.”

Admission of 'chronic public sector ills' comes as death toll rises to 46 with 10 still missing.

“After this tragic accident, the country is going through extremely hard times.” Witnesses who rushed to the site of the accident, 235 miles north of Athens, discovered a scene of devastation. The charges were made by the Federation of Railroad employees, which went on TV to call for action. They had boarded the Thessaloniki-bound night train in the Greek capital after a three-day holiday weekend. which the government has not managed to eradicate”. “We are all devastated by this tragic incident,” a government spokesperson, Giannis Oikonomou, told a news conference as the death toll rose to 57.

Emergency crews using cranes and heavy machinery are searching the wreckage of trains involved in a deadly collision that sent Greece into national mourning ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a message in Greek, writing, “The people of Ukraine share the pain of the families of the victims. "There's a forest of responsibility.” Pope Francis and European leaders sent messages of sympathy in the wake of the crash. “The lights went out. “Nobody has called me back.” We wish a speedy recovery to all the injured.” Railway workers’ associations called strikes, halting national rail services and the subway in Athens. will not remain an empty pledge," he said. That can’t change, I know it,” he said. we must not focus on the tree while there’s a whole forest beyond it," he said. They bought 50 tickets to death.” “We will work so that the words ‘never again’ ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - The death toll from the head-on collision of a passenger train and a freight train...

Six of them were in intensive care. Rail workers went on strike to protest years of underfunding that they say has left the country’s train system in a dangerous state. It was the country’s

Emergency crews cut through the mangled remains of a passenger train on Thursday, progressing “centimeter by centimeter” in their search for the dead from a ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a message in Greek, writing, “The people of Ukraine share the pain of the families of the victims. Pope Francis and European leaders sent messages of sympathy in the wake of the crash. “The lights went out. “We will work so that the words ‘never again’ … Rail workers went on strike to protest years of underfunding that they say has left the country’s train system in a dangerous state. The Larissa station manager arrested after the collision was charged Wednesday with multiple counts of manslaughter and causing serious physical harm through negligence, as a judicial inquiry tries to establish why the two trains were traveling in opposite directions on the same track.