Employees strike in Greece on the anniversary of the deadly train accident

On Friday, Greece violated public services in Greece, trains and ferries, grounds for major flights and thousands of workers, because he was off work on his second anniversary Greece’s worst rail disaster.

The 24-hour departure summoned by the Greek Foreign Union is the end of a number of public objections related to the investigation into the accident in 57 people. Still have the rage stretching in the country Inability to result in any politicians of any politician of the government with a loss of life.

Here you need to know what happened on vacation and continuous wrath on the accident.

What does the holiday result in?

The state and private sector workers are taking part in the holiday.

Rallies are also planned to punish sinners in Athens and Greece in other European cities and in Europe and to improve rail safety.

All commercial flights to Greek airports or from this will be justified and will work with no ferries or trains. It will work with limited public transport in Athens to allow protesters to go to the rally. Although taxi drivers join the strike, some volunteers will offer rallies for free for protesters.

Schools and hospitals will also be affected by teachers and health workers to join the action. Lawyers and ambulance workers are expected to be closing many stores. Several popular artists canceled planned shows.

What happened in a train accident?

On February 28, 2023, a passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on on a route that coordinates the northern port of Thessaloniki and Athens. Most of the 57 people died in the accident Young students who returned the weekend.

At that time, the Greek government blamed the human mistake, he said he set the routing mistake by a station by a station. However, they also appealed to delays in the installation of modern security systems that can prevent the shortcomings and disaster in Greece’s railway infrastructure.

Due to the reporting of people’s accountability and larger railway security, the deadly episode set off protests.

Two years later, the questions remain in the exact cases of the accident.

A report by an independent railway and air investigation body was established after the tragedy The results were announced on ThursdayDelays of electronic alarms and remote control systems have played a key role in clashes as a result of chronic anderfultion and retreat as a result of the incisions applied during the Greek financial crisis.

The report also criticized the Greek authorities for the defective mapping of the accident, which resulted in a loss of potential vital information.

Investigators added a “big fire ball”, which killed the five-seven of the victims, added, “Unknown fuel ever.” They called to conduct an investigation into this.

Questionnaires Showed that there were many people in the country that were taken in recent weeks and They were unhappy by the government’s disaster processing.

Too Suspicious Whose responsible cover – a charger that accuses the government’s rejection, opposition parties that exploit opposition parties for political gain.

How did the government respond?

Greece has made a number of progress in improving railway security since the accident. The Greek Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras, Thursday, Greek TV, after the accident, modern signal and remote control systems were reported to work in September 2023.

However, in that month, a cyclone then does not work fully on the theme of the “significant part of the route”, damaged the systems. He said that the damage will be repaired in the summer of 2026 and the Greek European Commission will work on a plan to improve trainings for railway workers.

However, the European Commission He said in December These shortcomings are continuous, including the fact that it has not complied with the European Union Railway Directive since 2016. “Disadvantages are systematic and also due to the lack of security culture within the participating organizations,” he said.

Authorities said the investigation of the trial responsible for the accident was ongoing. So far, dozens are under investigation, mainly railway officials.

The biggest load fell into a person: the station is now charged in the routing error that is now 61 years old, passenger trains in the same line with the cargo train.

Faced with a large number of threats with transport security and a large number of negligence and bodily injuries. However, many felt that many were scapited on system failures that will blame for the tragedy.