Athens (Reuters) – Greece aims to install Remote train control systems in order to make his railways safer by September, said Prime Minister Kyriako's Mitsotakis on Monday, more than two years after the country's worst rail disaster, most of them, most of them.
The frontal collision of a passenger and a freight train on February 28, 2023 has become a symbol of the long -term 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 request accountability and reforms.
Mitsotakis announced during a cabinet seat on Monday that the entire train network from Greece will be equipped with automatic remote controls and train control systems (ETCS) until the next September. He also said that real-time train tracking is installed as a second security level in order to avert potential collision.
Accident investigators have stated that Remote train traffic control systems can remain the rail catastrophe of 2023 and the security gaps.
Greece has repeatedly pushed back from the European Union with a financed project of 2014 to install, etc. and systems that enable long -distance communication between drivers and traffic controllers. EU prosecutors have charged numerous Greek officials about misconduct about this contract.
Mitsotakis promised this year to completely modernize the 1,500 miles (400 km) railway by 2027.
Apart from a national action plan, the Greece's Air and Bahn accident investigation authority (Harsia) made recommendations for the railway authority on February 17; the operator, Hellenic Train, the unity of Italy Ferrovie Dello Stato, the state organization Hellenic Railways (OSE), responsible for the network; And the Ministry of Transport.
Mitsotakis said the government would help improve wages, increase wages and to stop and monitor the performance of the employees. The Hellenic Train would also call to make investments, he said.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou and Renee Maltezou; Editor from Sharon Singleton)