Greece, train control system - Mitsotakis promises reforms after deadly 2023 accident
Greece aims to install train control systems by September to boost safety on its railways, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, more than two years after the country's worst rail disaster killed 57 people.
The collision of a passenger train and a freight train on February 28, 2023, has become an emblematic symbol of years of neglect of the country's railways. Hundreds of thousands of Greeks took to the streets on the second anniversary of the disaster in February to demand government reforms.
Mitsotakis said during a cabinet meeting that Greece's entire railway network will be equipped with automatic brakes and control systems by next September. He also said that real-time train tracking would be installed as a second layer of safety, to avoid any potential collisions.
Accident investigators have said that train traffic control systems could have avoided the 2023 rail disaster and that safety gaps remain.
Greece has repeatedly delayed a 2014 project, co-financed by the European Union, to install the European Train Control System, which allows remote communication between drivers and traffic controllers. EU prosecutors have accused multiple Greek officials of abuse of power in connection with that contract.
Mitsotakis promised this year to fully modernize the country's 2,400km of railway by 2027. He said the government would help reorganize the State Organization of Hellenic Railways, increasing salaries and monitoring staff performance.
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