Highlights: Greece: one year after the terrible train accident, the investigation remains far from being completed. In central Greece, last year, on the night of February 28 to March 1, 2023, near the city of Larissa, a freight train collided with a passenger train, causing the death of 57 people. A year ago, just before resigning, the Minister of Transport recognized that the train network in Greece is simply “ unsuitable for the 21st century ”

In central Greece, last year, on the night of February 28 to March 1, 2023, near the city of Larissa, a freight train collided with a passenger train, causing the death of 57 people,…

Greece: one year after the terrible train accident, the investigation remains far from being completed

In central Greece, last year, on the night of February 28 to March 1, 2023, near the city of Larissa, a freight train collided with a passenger train, causing the death of 57 people, the majority of them students.

A year after the deadliest rail disaster in the country's history, which led to two weeks of demonstrations denouncing in particular the dilapidation of public services, the investigation into all the responsibilities surrounding this tragedy is still very far from being completed. be closed.

The Tempi Valley, near Larisa.

A Greek flag flies along the railway tracks at the site where 57 people, most of them students, lost their lives in a train accident in 2023. AFP - SAKIS MITROLIDIS

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in Athens,

Joël Bronner

A year ago, just before resigning, the Minister of Transport recognized that the train network in Greece is simply “

unsuitable for the 21st century

”.

A little later, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was forced to apologize, while the country was shaken by a wave of demonstrations.

The protesters then put the entire political class of the country back to back and denounce the bankruptcy of a transport system, well beyond the sole "

human error

" of a station manager, in pre-trial detention since then. .

A year after what the Greek street described as a "crime", due to the state of disrepair of the railway network, the investigation is still very far from being completed, despite the 32 people implicated so far.

Greek justice suffers from an image of slowness, lack of efficiency and absence of independence.

The Supreme Court knows this, a prosecutor of which underlined on Monday the “

superhuman efforts

” already made by the authorities in charge, nevertheless insisting that “

the questions [still] left unanswered

”, even “

the accusations of judicial makeup

”, be all taken into account so that in the end, justice is truly done.

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Greece: one year after the terrible train accident, the investigation remains far from being completed

Greece: one year after the terrible train accident, the investigation remains far from being completed

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