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Athens, Mar 3 (EFE).- Forensic experts on Friday were scouring for biological samples in the mangled wreckage of two trains that collided head-on in central Greece this week killing at least 57 people. Officials are now working on identifying passengers who remain unaccounted for or those confirmed to have died in what was Greece’s deadliest …

Over 5,000 people gathered outside the headquarters, to protest at decades of failure to improve rail network safety

Greeces prime minister has blamed tragic human error for the countrys worst ever rail disaster. its now reported to have killed at least a3 people. the passenger service heading to thessaloniki with 350 people on board collided with a freight train in the town of temp near the central city of larissa, causing carriages to fly off the tracks and catch fire. police have charged a local stationmaster with manslaughter by negligence. our europe correspondent, nick beake, is at the scene, and sent th...

Hellenic train, the operator responsible for this line. what started as a candlelight vigil turned into demonstrators having problems with police, riot police were called and teargas was dispersed. the source of the anger seems to be that safety concerns about this line were well—known and had in fact been for years. trade unionists had been speaking out. they said this particular line had been flagged and needed to be fixed. there was safety concerns already around it. a safety supervisor eve...

LARISSA, Greece, March 2, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday that a "tragic human error" was

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the Greece train crash an unfathomable tragedy, but it is being questioned if the accident involving passenger and freight trains might have been prevented.

What we know about Greeces worst train tragedy

Hundreds of demonstrators have blamed the government for the disaster.

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 the air, twisting backwards and catching fire.

Government says ‘chronic public sector ills’ to blame, as death toll rises to 57