October 11, 2024
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
Thousands of Greeks and a sold-out concert dedicated to the 57 victims of the tragic train collision in Tempi is taking place at the Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens on Friday night, October 11, 2024. An organization representing several families of the victims has organized the concert with the participation …
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October 8, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Passengers trains in Greece will not operate on Thursday, 10. October 2024, due to a 24-hour strike announced by the Hellenic Train workers’ union and thus the driving personnel. UPDATE: A court in Athens declared the 24h strike by Hellenic Train drivers as “illegal”. So, there will be no strike, …
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September 23, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Greece’s trains workers have announced the launching of a work stoppage and a 24-hour strike demanding transport safety on the railway network. The unions of Proastiakos and Hellenic Train workers (SEP TRAINOSE and PEP TRAINOSE) will lauanch a 24-hour strike on upcoming Thursday, September 26, 2024. A work stoppage is …
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September 16, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Notorious problems in Greece’s infrastructure and service that the government is not willing to fix? No problem! There is always a quick solution! The establishment of a special police corps to fix things in the traditional way. Following a series of incidents in the railway network, the administration of the …
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April 15, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Public and train transport and maritime traffic in Greece will paralyze on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, after several unions declared to join the 24-hour strike organized by the Confederation of Private Sector Workers (GSEE). The strike is expected to impact public transport services on land and the sea across the …
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February 26, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Workers at Athens public transport means and taxi drivers participate in the 24-hour strike called by the public sector umbrella union ADEDY to commemorate the 57 victims of the train collision tragedy in Tempi exactly a year ago. According to the announcements, so far, workers at the Metro, the Tram …
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January 30, 2024
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
With a highly symbolic inspiration, artist Giorgos Koftis set up an installation he named called “57 NAILS”. It is dedicated to the 57 people killed and the dozens of injured at the fatal train collision at Tempi, central Greece, on February 28, 2023. The installation is located 500 meters south …
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November 6, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Αll rail routes in the section Thessaloniki – Larissa – Thessaloniki will resume after the damage cause by the floods in September has been repaired and the railway line has been handed over by the infrastructure manager, the OSE. It is noted that the timetable of the Suburban Larissa – …
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September 8, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Storm Daniel caused damages to the railway network in Central Greece, with 50 km of railway track and signalling from Domokos to Krannonas stations in Central Greece have been damaged in storm Daniel. Managing director of network managing company OSE, Panagiotis Terzakis, told state-run news agency amna,that the damages caused …
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April 7, 2023
Tourism, Travel
More train schedules will be added as of Friday, April 8, to the national railway network, which is gradually returning to operation after the deadly train collision on February 28, the Hellenic Train said on Thursday. The company announced that trains IC 56 from Athens (14:28) and IC 59 from …
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April 3, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism
Τhe first passenger trains resumed service on Monday morning more than a month after the deadly train collision in Tempi. As expected the restart of the service turned into a PR show by the government, despite the fact that deficiencies in the rail network remain. The first Hellenic Train service …
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March 14, 2023
Tourism, Travel
Hellenic Train announced that buses will start operating as of Wednesday, March 15, to transport passengers on certain routes, until rail traffic is restored. Further details are expected to be announced later on Tuesday, the company said. Minister of State responsible for Infrastructure and Transport Giorgos Gerapetritis met anew with …
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March 14, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The train tragedy in Tempi opened with great delay the agenda of the transport safety. Tunnels are without fire safety equipment, as media reports show. A plethora of several sectors denouncements pop up every day since the train collision on February 28 where 57 people were killed and for the …
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March 12, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Athens metro stations “Syntagma” and “Panepistimio” have been shut down since 10:30 Sunday morning due to protest rallies in downtown. The trains will pass through the two stations without stopping. They will open again upon a police order. The protest rallies start at 12 o’ clock noon. Public sector union …
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March 8, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
In a press conference on Wednesday morning, state Minister and acting Transport Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis announced a series of measures for the trains safety after the fatal collision in Tempi that killed 57 people on February 28. Gerapatritis admitted “serious errors” in the railway security protocols. “If we had a …
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March 6, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Greece’s railway unions announced one more 24-hour strike on Monday, March 6, 2023. The strike affects all train services carried out by Hellenic Train, said the company, including all Athens suburban railway services Proastiakos. The Panhellenic Railway Federation plans meetings with the Transport Ministry and political parties. “It’s time for …
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March 4, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Workers at Greece’s trains managing company Hellenic Train launched one more strike, this time a 48-hour one over the weekend, March 4-5., 2023, following the deal train collision on Tuesday night. They will hold a protest outside the Parliament at 11 a.m. on Sunday and demand the immediate implementation of …
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March 3, 2023
Society, Strikes
Hellenic Train and TrainOSE staff launched a new 24-hour strike on Friday, March 3, to protest the lack of safety controls that led to the deadly train collision on Tuesday night. The strike will affect all national and suburban (proastiakos) railway routes. In a statement on its further actions, the …
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March 2, 2023
Society, Strikes
Workers at Athens Metro Lines 2 and 3 as well as at Proastiakos have launched a 24-hour strike to protest the deadly train crash at Tempi, where at least 43 passengers and 10 crew members have been killed. In a statement, Metro workers union said that they have similar problems …
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November 9, 2022
Society, Strikes
Public transport means are on work stoppages or 24-hour strike, ships and ferries remain docked, trains are parked and even taxi drivers have pull the handbrake to raise their voice against the rising prices and the cost of living. The situation in the Greek capital Athens is for commuters even …
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