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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 ...
An agricultural tractor driven by an 84-year-old citizen collided at the height of Kalochori, Serres, with a passenger train running the Alexandroupolis-Thessaloniki route, resulting in the fatal injury of the 84-year-old. [29] Xanthi 2019 accident 20 July 2019: 1 0 A train hit and killed a person. [30] [31] Diavata 2019 accident 19 August 2019 ...
Map showing the Greek railway system c.1901–1902. Rail transport in Greece has a history which began in 1869, with the completion of the then Athens & Piraeus Railway. From the 1880s to the 1920s, the majority of the network was built, reaching its heyday in 1940.
The nation’s transport minister stepped following the crash citing failings to bring the railway system into the 21st century
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
By 2009, Greece's legal immigrant population had expanded to 1.2 million, or 10% of the Greek population. [22] At the time when these immigration flows were rapidly expanding, the Greek government and immigration policies were unprepared to deal with such a large number of immigrants; Greece's ability to deal with the multitudes of illegal ...
The state-owned company that owns and maintains Greece's railway network is OSE, Gaiose also a state-owned company owns and maintains railway stations, while Hellenic Train is the company responsible for operating all passenger trains and the most freight trains.
Watch as a Greek passenger train resumes the route of a deadly crash that occurred on 28 February. The crash occurred just before midnight when the passenger train collided head-on with a freight ...