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A truck driver was struck by a train and killed after ignoring warnings at a crossing. [17] Chryso 2006 accident 17 February 2006: 2 18 Two dead and 18 injured in a collision between a train and an agricultural vehicle that had stopped on the railway tracks. The driver of the car and a passenger were killed. [15] Larissa 2008 accident 8 March ...
Fifty-seven people were killed and 80 others were injured, [46] with 25 of them suffering serious injuries. Of the injured, 66 were hospitalized, with six being admitted to intensive care units. [14] The rail disaster is the deadliest in Greek history. [47] On 3 March, the first funeral was held for a victim, a 34-year-old mother from Katerini ...
October 1 – Greece – Two trains carrying people returning to Athens after voting in their home towns in a constitutional referendum collided at Corinth, killing 34 people and injuring 150, resulting as the deadliest rail accident in Greece of all time before the Tempi train crash in 2023 and the worst Greek rail accident of the 20th century ...
Widespread strikes in Greece halted trains, ferries and much of the capital's public transport on Wednesday in protests timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the country's deadliest rail ...
List of rail accidents in Greece The Corinth rail disaster occurred on 30 September 1968 when two passenger trains carrying people returning to Athens after voting in their home towns in the constitutional referendum of 1968 , which had been held the previous day, [ 9 ] collided near Derveni , Corinth , killing 34 people and injuring 150. [ 8 ]
The crash saw 57 people lose their lives, many of them university students making their way back from a holiday weekend. Greek prime minister apologises for deadly train disaster that killed almost 60
The collision killed 21 people and injured 40. It is the third deadliest railway accidents that have happened in Greece, following the Tempi train crash (28 February 2023 - 57 dead) and Corinth rail disaster (1968 - 34 dead).
Hellenic Train employs train crews, operators and manages most of the rail services throughout the Greek railway network, leasing rolling stock owned by GAIAOSE except for ETR 470 trains. The company was a subsidiary of the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) until 2008, when it became an independent state-owned company until its privatisation ...