European Union Agency for Railways

The European Commission has called on Greece to comply with the European Union's directive for railway safety in a letter of formal notice. 

The directive covers safety requirements on the railway system as a whole, such as revising the role of national safety authorities and reallocating responsibilities between them and the European Union Agency for Railways.

The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has sent the various agencies responsible for Greece's rail network urgent recommendations for improving safety standards and protocols in the wake of the deadly train crash in Tempe, central Greece, last year, which claimed 57 lives.

The Athens subway and tram will only operate from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., while buses will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
There will be no suburban train services, and air traffic controllers and seafarers will participate in the strike, reports Kattimerini. The Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) announced that journalists will commence striking earlier today.

The government has asked the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) to advise it on ways to improve train safety after a crash on February 28 killed 57 people, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday.

A train with 350 people on board, most of them university students, collided with a cargo train near Larissa.

The European Union is sending experts to Athens this week to help the country improve safety on its rail system in the wake of last week's deadly collision between two trains in central Greece.