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week more than three weeks after the deadliest train crash in Greece's
history. 57 people were killed when a passenger train and a freight train
collided head-on at the end of February. Louisa pilbeam reports
57 people died here, many of them teenagers and young people with
their lives ahead of them. in what was the worst train crash Greece has
ever seen. how could this happen the question bringing thousands of
people onto the streets of Greece. among the protests this in Athens 12
000 people angry, and demanding this never happens again on the
country's Railways. they're afraid of a government cover-up and say the
country's rail infrastructure is old and dangerous. a week ago these
protests in the capital turned violent Greek police using tear gas.
passenger and freight services on the route linking Athens and the
northern city of Thessaloniki have been halted since the crash between
the passenger train and freight train on the same piece of track two
weeks ago, the transport Minister has confirmed the route will reopen
gradually next week.
four Railway officials have been charged over the disaster but more
protests are planned.
on Thursday flights to and from Greek airports will be grounded as air
traffic controllers join a 24-hour Nationwide strike over the crash which
many feel was a disaster waiting to happen Louisa pilbeam BBC News
Pemerintah Yunani mengatakan bahwa lalu lintas kereta api akan
kembali beroperasi secara bertahap mulai minggu depan.
Setelah lebih dari tiga minggu pasca kecelakaan kereta api paling
mematikan dalam sejarah Yunani.
57 orang tewas di sini. Kebanyakan dari mereka adalah remaja dan anak
muda yang sedang berjuang untuk hidup setelah kecelakaan kereta api
terburuk yang pernah terjadi di Yunani.
Di antara penunjuk rasa di Athena, 12.000 orang marah dan meminta hal
ini tidak terjadi lagi di perkeretaapian negara tersebut. mereka takut akan
adanya penutupan oleh pemerintah dan mengatakan bahwa infrastruktur
perkeretaapian di negara tersebut sudah tua dan berbahaya.
Seminggu yang lalu, para pengunjuk rasa di ibu kota ini membuat polisi
Yunani melakukan tindakan kekerasan dengan menggunakan gas air
mata.
Layanan penumpang dan barang pada rute yang menghubungkan Athena
dan kota utara Thessaloniki telah dihentikan sejak kecelakaan kereta
penumpang dan kereta barang di jalur yang sama dua minggu yang lalu
Empat pejabat Kereta Api telah didakwa atas bencana tersebut namun
masih ada beberapa unjuk rasa yang direncanakan.
Louisa pilbeam BBC Newskwa atas bencana tersebut namun masih ada
beberapa protes yang direncanakan.