Thessaly Railways

A 24-hour strike announced for Thursday by the rail workers' union was ruled illegal by a court on Wednesday.

The court's decision came after an appeal by Greece's train operator, Hellenic Train.

As a result, services on the rail network are expected to be carried out as scheduled.

More than 18 months since the country's worst train disaster, in Tempe, central Greece, its railways are still haunted by deficiencies in safety systems even on main axes, by unguarded level crossings that can turn into death traps, understaffing, legal disputes and shortages in rolling stock and infrastructure, according to Tuesday's deliberations of Parliament's permanent Production and Trade

Almost 19 months since the deadly train crash near the Vale of Tempe, in central Greece, that claimed 57 lives, Greece's railways are still seriously underperforming.

Seven employees from the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) are being summoned by the prosecutor as suspects for violating confidentiality rules by leaking audio recordings between a train driver and a stationmaster immediately after the railway crash at Tempe in central Greece in February 2023.

The Mount Pelion steam train, one of the world's narrowest railway lines, will start its daily trips on July 1.

Almost 18 months since the deadly railway accident at Tempe in central Greece, the Union of Train Drivers (PEPE) sent an extrajudicial letter to the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) and Hellenic Train on Wednesday, sounding the alarm for the umpteenth time over railway safety. 

Swiss Ambassador and the President of OSE discussed the completion of a detailed feasibility study

A new lawsuit filed against former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis and his deputy Michalis Papadopoulos over a deadly train collision at Tempe in 2023 has been forwarded to Parliament.

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.

Eight railway executives are to face prosecution for financial infidelity and moral complicity in relation to the non-execution of a contract for the maintenance of trains and for the non-collection of rent from the leasing of rolling stock and real estate in 2017 and 2018.