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Quite tragic and sounds like an entirely avoidable accident. No mention of why the passenger train switched to the freight train track. Is that normal? What sys
by wayvey 4y ago
Quite tragic and sounds like an entirely avoidable accident. No mention of why the passenger train switched to the freight train track. Is that normal? What systems or protocols failed that lead to this accident? I didn't find any details about this in the article.
- euroderf 4y agoGood point. If there is such a thing as a dedicated "freight track" there, then you'd expect caution & queries from the passenger train crew.
- Giorgi 4y agoIt's probably too early to make speculations but sounds like a "Not my Job" kinda problem.
- m000 4y agoFrom what I gather from Greek news [1], there was no separate freight track. But there is one track per direction under normal conditions. One direction was knocked off by a power failure at the time of the accident, so both directions were running on a single track for that segment. Then, some signaling-relatd failure sent two trains on a head-to-head collision. [1] https://www.news247.gr/koinonia/sygkroysi-trenon-sta-tempi-pos-tha-archisei-i-diadikasia-diereynisis-toy-polynekroy-dystychimatos.9957161.html https://www.news247.gr/koinonia/sygkroysi-trenon-sta-tempi-p...