What Is The Safest Way To Travel? Options

[hlias_gr]

Well, because of a train accident occured near Athens last night I am adding the poll!
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Train Driver Recovered Dead



Rail tragedy on Wednesday in Menidi, Athens. Passenger train 504 en route to Thessaloniki derailed a little after 11pm, after colliding with a parked freight train. One of the train drivers was killed in the accident and the other is in critical condition. Another 30 passengers were lightly injured, while seven of those were admitted to KAT and Evangelismos hospitals. Fire Department Chief Andreas Kois had earlier expressed fears that one of the drivers was probably dead, since he was trapped in a particularly difficult spot and was not responding to the firefighters’ calls. Train 504, which had departed from Larissis Station at 11am, collided with the freight train, also en route to Thessaloniki, which was stopped at a sidetrack. The causes of the accident remain unknown. The collision resulted in the engine and the two first carriages of the passenger train derailing.

Investigating the Causes


The circumstances of the collision between the passenger and the freight train remain unknown.

The accident occurred near the Athenian suburb of Menidi, at the intersection of Konstantinoupoleos and Aristotelous Streets. The passenger train consisted of eight carriages, with two of them carrying vehicles, while 130 passengers were onboard.

Eyewitnesses reported that the train had built up its speed at the time of the accident.

Firefighters rushed to the accident scene to recover the trapped passengers and ambulances transferred the wounded to hospital. In addition, the police, and OSE (Greek Rail Company) experts and technicians also arrived on site to pull away the derailed carriages and reinstate the train routes.

Thursday’s train schedules to Thessaloniki are being disrupted, since only one of the lines is operating.





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[jerski]

I voted for train!