Greek Transport Minister Giorgos Herapetritis this Wednesday announced measures to improve the safety of the rail system following a collision between two trains last week that killed nearly 60 people.
Gerapetritis, who was recently appointed following the resignation of the previous minister following the disaster, said the government intends, among other things, to strengthen the signaling of the railway network.
The new minister also said that passenger train traffic would resume once these security measures were put in place, including the presence of two supervisors at each station.
In response to the protests of recent days, Herapetritis expressed his sympathy to all those who expressed dissatisfaction with the safety of the railway system.
“I want to express my anger and pain for what happened in Tempe. This is an unprecedented national tragedy, which frightens everyone with its scale,” the minister said.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that he had contacted companies in the railway sector to ensure that the new security measures were applied.
On the night of February 28, two passenger trains collided near Tempe, a small town located in a valley with a railway tunnel about 300 kilometers north of Athens, in an accident that caused several carriages to derail. 57 people died.
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