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

Protesters clash with the police in Athens outside the headquarters of the company responsible for maintaining Greece’s railways

Anger in Greece over poor railway safety grew on Thursday as the death toll from one of the countrys worst train crashes in recent years reached 57.

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of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece, as workers went on strike Thursday saying the rail system is outdated, underfunded and dangerous. The government has blamed human error, and a railway official

The Greek train crash deaths are the result of social crimes for which every political party of the ruling elite shares responsibility. It is their leaders who should be in the dock facing charges.

Multiple train cars derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash near Tempe, north of Athens

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.

Fire officials say 16 people were killed and at least 85 injured when a passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece early Wednesday. Multiple train cars derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash during the night near Tempe, some 235 miles north of Athens. Hospital officials 25 people had been seriously injured. Ambulances arrived from several towns to help transport injured passengers. Rescuers wearing head lamps worked in smoke, pulling pieces of man...

Passengers who received minor injuries or were unharmed were transported by bus to Thessaloniki, 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of the incident.

A passenger train in Greece carrying hundreds of people collided with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in the country’s north early Wednesday, killing about 30 and injuring at least 85, officials said.