Larissa train accident near Tempe

Chronicle of news stories about the tragic train Collision near Tempe

March 3, 2023

Train disaster protests growing

Story at MSN Reuters [English]

Hard questions about responsibility in wake of train accident

Story at CS Monitor [English]

Near similar tragedy at Tithoreas station in 2022

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

Passenger count for train still unknown

Story at Ethnos [Greek]

A seventeen minute alert to the stationmaster of a commerical train onthe tracks

Story at To Vima [Greek]

A video taken moments after the tragic train crash that took place in Northern Greece. A woman can be heard saying: “you've injured (opened) your head”.#GreeceTrainAccident pic.twitter.com/RCFMuEQ6xq
— βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας🏺🇬🇷 (@AegeanNative) March 2, 2023

March 2, 2023

Fatality count rises, passengers still missing

Story at Imerisia [Greek]

Passenger count still not certain

Story at To Vima [Greek]

Traveling "blind" on Greek trains

Story at OT Financial Post [Greek]

Fifty years leading up to the train disaster

Story at Liberal [Greek]

Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Dogiakos issues investigation order into train wreck

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

Fatality count at 46

Story at Ethnos [Greek]

Operations at train site change from search for bodies

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

Through his attorney, the Larisa station master takes responsibility for the accident

Story at To Vima [Greek]

Anger over the train crash

Story at New York Times [English]

Explosion at Magistrate's Court in Koropi

Story at Skai [Greek] [Map of Koropi Greece]

Tempe train system nine years waiting on upgrade equipment

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

German press "The Tempe Valley train wreck was a preordained disaster"

Story at Imerisia [Greek]

Turkish newspaper Hurriyet has twice published a cover with Greek words in the last month:

- “Thank you very much friend” after Greece’s support in the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

- “Get well soon neighbor” after Greece’s tragic railway accident a few days ago. pic.twitter.com/jKJQIvcN6v
— The Greek Analyst (@GreekAnalyst) March 2, 2023

The young men who saved lives at the train wreck

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

The train disaster and the coming elections

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

March 1, 2023

Fatality count rises to 40

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

"This antique railway system cannot continue this way"

Story at OT Financial Post [Greek]

More resignations in wake of fatal train crash

Story at Ethnos [Greek]

Mitsotakis says "never again" and announces New Minister of Transport

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Police deal with protests outside offices of Hellenic Train

Story at EFSYN [Greek]

Period of National mourning declared for Greece

Story at eKathimerini [English]

"Abandonment of the railway network created gaps for 'human error'"

Story at EFSYN [Greek]

Station master of Larissa is charged with manslaughter

Story at Skai [Greek]

President Sakellaropoulou on site at the train disaster

Story at eKathimerini [English]

Minister of Infrastructure and Transport has resigned

Story at To Vima [Greek]

Stationmaster confesses confusion responsible for putting both trains on same track

Story at To Vima [Greek]

Death count rises to 36

Story at ABC News [English]

Why a tunnel collision would have been so much worse

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

"Looks like a war zone"

Story at Channel News Asia [English]

Call for blood donations

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

EU Commission puts flags at half-mast in memory to victims

Story at Imerazante [Greek]

Death count from fatal train collision continues to climb

Story at Skai [Greek]

UPDATE: Death toll from Greece train crash rises to 8 while others remain trapped in the wreckage https://t.co/c0jZSwRnxJ
— BNO News Live (@BNODesk) February 28, 2023