As emergency workers continued to pick through the charred carriages, Greeks were turning their focus to a rail system that had long been in worrisome shape.
ATHENS — Before a passenger and freight train collided explosively Tuesday — resulting in Greece’s deadliest-ever rail crash, killing at least 43 — the two trains had been on the same tracks for 12 minutes, according to new accounts given to Greek media.As emergency workers continued Thursday to pick through the charred forward-most carriages, many Greeks were already turning their focus to the causes of the disaster, and to a rail system that had long been in worrisome shape.
Some of the initial scrutiny centers on the lacking technological safety features of Greece’s rail lines. The Kathimerini newspaper, a major Greek daily,that an electronic signaling system — a common safety feature across Europe — had been installed but was not functioning, either because of damage or sabotage, and that efforts to restore the system were long-delayed.
“The light signals don’t work nor does the traffic control system,” he said. “If these worked the drivers would see the red light and the trains would have stopped safely, 500 to 1,000 meters from each other.”“Everything is dependent on the human factor” as a result, he said. “We are on manual.” The incident is likely to take on a political dimension with Greece — currently led by a center-right government — poised to hold national elections in the coming months. One of the left-wing Greek newspapers on Thursday blared the headline: “It is not a mistake, it is a crime.”Before the pandemic, which caused a dramatic drop-off globally in travel, Greece had been one of the few European countries where train use was diminishing.
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