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Train crash claims 43 lives

Dozens of people were killed in Greece on Tuesday in a head-on collision of a freight train with a passenger train carrying over 350 people on board, the country's worst-ever rail disaster.

Outside the offices of the train operator hellenic train, some throwing stones at the building. many expressed anger at what they say is inadequate investment in the countrys railways and the lack of automation in the safety system. this was thessaloniki, where protesters vented their fury outside the railway station. the rail network is at a standstill today, as you can see, as rail workers stage a one—day strike over what unions say is government neglect. its emerged that greece was referred...

At least 38 people were killed when a Greek passenger train collided head-on with a freight train late on Tues

Greece seeks answers over deadliest train tragedy

The station master on duty at the time of the accident is due to appear before a prosecutor at the central city of Larissa later today.

Greece seeks answers over deadliest train tragedy as toll rises

Athens, Mar 2 (EFE).- The Greek government was on Thursday facing protests and strikes amid allegations of negligence after at least 46 people were killed in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train near the town of Tempi earlier this week. Rescuers worked through the night in search of traces of …

Local station master admitted negligence in Greece’s worst-ever rail disaster

ATHENS (Reuters) - The station master of Greece's Larissa city, who was charged on Thursday over the country's worst train crash, assumes some responsibility for the disaster but other factors were also at play, his lawyer said.