controversy swells over the state of the network

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In Greece, after the train accident which claimed the lives of 46 people and injured dozens on Wednesday, March 1, a station master accused of being at the origin of the collision admitted having made a mistake. Across the country, controversy swells over the state of the network.

On the front pages of Greek newspapers, on the morning of Thursday March 2, the same word appears to describe the train accident, which occurred the day before, which killed 46 people: “Crime”. In the aftermath of the fatal collision between two trains, the whole country East angry. In front of Larissa station (Greece), banners were hung. “It was not an accident”they say. For several kilometres, the two trains ran on the same track. The shock was frontal.

Greek railway workers on strike

Is it human error or the result of a rail network that is too old? In Athens (Greece), a demonstration ended in a cloud of tear gas. The tension is immense. On the morning of Thursday March 2, Larissa station was empty and trains were at a standstill. Across the country, railway workers are on strike. The station master accused of being at the origin of the disaster admitted, Thursday morning, to having made a mistake.


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