On 28 February 2023, a head-on collision occurred between two trains south of the Tempe Valley in Greece, about halfway between the Greek towns of Tempi and Evangelismos in the Thessaly region. The collision, involving the InterCity 62 (IC62) passenger train and an intermodal freight train, killed at least 57 people, with an official number of 342 passengers and 10 onboard railway staff on the passenger train and 2 staff on the freight train totalling 354 passengers on both trains.[2] It is the deadliest rail disaster in Greek history. It was discovered that the IC62 passenger train had been allowed to proceed on the wrong track and pass signals at danger despite the presence of the freight train on the same track.

Vigils, angry protests, and clashes with the police occurred throughout Greece following the accident. Beginning on 2 March 2023, railway workers of Hellenic Train and the Athens Metro went on strike to protest the dangers related to the crash. Following the accident, Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned, taking responsibility for the crash and for his failure to bring Greek railways to 21st-century standards.


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The IC62 passenger train was operated by Hellenic Train, a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane,[3] and consisted of a rake of Hellenic Train UIC Z1 coaches made by Siemens at SGP Graz and Bombardier at Dunakeszi Carriage Workshops, based on the Viaggio Classic platform (which itself is based on the BB Modularwagen), pulled by Hellas Sprinter locomotive class 120 023.[4] The train was scheduled to arrive at Thessaloniki station at 11:35 p.m. EET.[5] The freight train number 63503 was pulled by Hellas Sprinter locomotives class 120 012 and class 120 022, and was towing flatcars loaded with sheet steel and shipping containers.[6][7][1]

Earlier on the same day, an explosion in the electricity network at Palaiofarsalos railway station had caused the overhead line to fall on another intercity train, leading to several delays on the line.[8] The crash site was next to an overpass of the A1 motorway, on a stretch of line that opened in 2003 as part of a reconstruction of the Larissa to Thessaloniki segment of the main line.[9]

The collision between the two trains occurred at 11:21 pm on the Athens-Thessaloniki mainline, which is operated by OSE, the Greek national railway company. The section where the accident took place, located 27.3 kilometres (17.0 miles) north of Larissa, was double-tracked and equipped with automatic controls, but switching and signalling were still being controlled manually.[18] The passenger train and the freight train collided head-on halfway between the municipalities of Tempi and Evangelismos just before midnight,[19][20] as the passenger train was exiting the tunnel under the E75 roadway that crossed over the tracks.[21] Due to the darkness at the time of the accident, and the lack of time for the train drivers to react, it was estimated that the passenger train was travelling at speeds between 140 kilometres per hour (87 miles per hour) and 160 km/h (99 mph).

In an interview with ERT, the governor of the Thessaly region, Kostas Agorastos, reported that the first four carriages of the passenger train were derailed, and the first two carriages caught fire and were "almost completely destroyed".[22] Passengers reportedly escaped the train through windows that were either broken in the crash or by themselves. Many panicked and some were trapped in carriages that were tilted at least 45 degrees. Rescuers were able to open some of the car doors.[22] The force of the impact was able to completely destroy the locomotive of the passenger train while the locomotives of the freight train were pushed against the freight cars they were towing.

Numerous train cars caught fire following the collision, and 17 vehicles and 150 firefighters worked to extinguish the flames. Meanwhile, rescue efforts were made with the assistance of 40 ambulances, and over 30 police officers at the site.[23][24] The wreckage was so extensive that crane trucks were used to help extricate carriages.[25] The Hellenic Army was called upon to assist.[26] About 250 surviving passengers, including those with minor injuries, were evacuated from the collision site by bus to Thessaloniki.[3][26][27]

An emergency meeting was called by Greece's government following the crash, and Health Minister Thanos Plevris visited the scene.[33] President Katerina Sakellaropoulou cut short her visit to Moldova to offer support to the victims.[34] EMAK (Greek special disaster management unit) were ordered to stop all operations on site for Katerina Sakellaropoulou to better understand the accident. She was later captured throwing flowers inside the yet to be fully investigated burned wagons.[35][36] Transport Minister Kostas Achilleas Karamanlis resigned after the train crash, stating at the scene of the accident that it was his responsibility to do so "as a basic indication of respect for the memory of the people who died so unfairly", and that he had "failed to bring the railway system to 21st century standards".[37][38] Later in the week, an official government statement clarified that Kostas Karamanlis had no intention of not running for the upcoming elections with New Democracy, which set off protests at the local area of Karamanlis's electoral prefecture.[39][40] Minister of State Giorgos Gerapetritis was appointed Transport Minister after the accident.[41]

Following the collision, police questioned two rail officials[42] and one of them, Larissa's stationmaster, Vassilis Samaras, who had been working at this post for only 5 days (consecutive nights) and had apparently been alone while on shift [43] was detained and charged with causing death and injury through negligence.[44] Stamatis Daskalopoulos, Larissa's public prosecutor, who was assigned by Supreme Court prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos to handle the investigation, stated that while the probe is still in its early stages, the authorities would continue to analyze all evidence and bring justice to whoever is responsible.[45] The Larissa railway station manager admitted to allowing the train through a red signal,[46] but claimed that the set of points from the up line (northbound) to the down line (southbound) had not been working,[47] and argued that the passenger train should have stayed on the up line to avoid the freight train.[46] It was later discovered that the stationmaster at Larissa had been informed that a freight train was on the southbound track around 17 minutes before the accident, and these entries were found in a ledger.[48]

Following the train crash, the Greek government declared a three-day period of mourning, during which all flags were flown at half-mast, and celebratory events were postponed.[57] The president of the train drivers' association, Kostas Genidounias, said that the electronic systems that warn drivers of danger had not been functional for some years. "Nothing works, everything is done manually. We are 'in manual mode' throughout the Athens-Thessaloniki network," he stated.[58][59]

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis blamed the crash on railway privatization, comparing it to the Ladbroke Grove rail crash that occurred in London in 1999.[60] Critics blamed a lack of public investment during the deep financial crisis that spanned most of the previous decade for the rail disaster.[61]

A train wreck, train collision, train accident or train crash is a type of disaster involving one or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track; or an accident, such as when train wheels come off a track in a derailment; or when a boiler explosion occurs. Train wrecks have often been widely covered in popular media and in folklore.[citation needed]

Tiger Mountain and the nearby towns of Hobart, Mirrormont, and Taylor have a logging history dating back to the early 20th century. In fact, many of the current trails on Tiger Mountain were built on repurposed old logging railways. Just off the West Side Road near Holder Creek are the artifacts of a train crash from February 23, 1925.

The locomotive involved in the 1925 crash belonged to the Hobart-based Wood & Iverson logging company, established by William Wood and Iver C. Iverson in 1912. Wood & Iverson transformed Hobart into an economic boom town with a fully integrated sawmill, store, bunkhouse, and family cottages. At one time, Hobart was home to nearly 200 workers and a population of 500.

In 1923, one of the logging camps run by Wood & Iverson near Holder Creek burned. Workers returned on February 23, 1925 to salvage materials and load them onto a train bound for Hobart. That train, likely overloaded, jumped the tracks on the downhill run into Hobart at Holder Creek and careened into the gully below. A 35-year-old man, Nick Karis, was killed in the crash. Two jumped to safety from the rear of the train and four others survived with injuries.

The Dorchester County Sheriff's Office, Dorchester County Fire Rescue, Dorchester County Emergency Services, South Carolina Highway Patrol, and Summerville Fire responded to the crash after a call came around 6:25 p.m.

Around 9:30 p.m. on February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train had 53 cars derail in East Palestine, Ohio. The site of the derailment is less than one mile from the Pennsylvania border. Five of the derailed train cars contained the hazardous material vinyl chloride.

Since the train first derailed on February 3, the Shapiro Administration has been working to make sure affected residents have what they need to stay safe and informed. View the timeline below for details.

A temperature reading in a derailed train car provides cause for concern. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) Director Randy Padfield activates the Commonwealth Response Coordination Center.


Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announces that the department has received no reports of livestock, poultry, or other domestic animal symptoms that could be attributed to air contaminants from the train derailment.

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