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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece will seek additional EU funding for urgent safety upgrades to the rail network, the government said on Monday, as public sector workers planned a widespread walkout to protest the country's worst train crash that killed 57 people last week.

Greek PM asks high court to expedite cases linked to rail disaster

Comment: What is UP with all these train crashes of late?? The death toll from Tuesday's train crash in Greece has increased to 57, a coroner has told the BBC. Eleni Zaggelidou, one of ten coroners working on the investigation, said DNA had been...

Greek PM asks high court to expedite cases over rail disaster

Rail workers in Greece staged a 24-hour strike Thursday in protest over what they describe as a dangerous failure to modernize the Greek railway system and the lack of public investment in the network.

Thousands of protesters have taken to streets across Greece since Tuesday’s deadly collision between trains

International, MNA | Demonstrators held more rallies on Saturday to protest the causes of Greece's worst-ever train disaster, as the first of the crash victims were laid to rest.

Students and rail workers were preparing to rally in Athens on Sunday in the latest expression of grief and anger at Greece's worst rail disaster, which killed at least 57 people.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/station-master-in-greece-train-crash-delays-court-appearance/"></div>ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The station master involved in Greece’s deadliest train crash is set to appear before a prosecutor and an examining magistrate Sunday after his deposition was postponed Saturday. The 59-year-old is accused of placing two trains running in opposite directions on the same track. At least 57 people died ...

Demonstrators held more rallies on Saturday to protest the causes of Greece's worst-ever train disaster as the first victim burials take place