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title: "Strike, protests in Greece as anger grows over train crash"
url: https://moldova1.md/p/5429/strike-protests-in-greece-as-anger-grows-over-train-crash
published: 2023-03-03T10:36:58Z
language: en
author: "Bogdan Nigai"
section: "International"
source: moldova1.md
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# Strike, protests in Greece as anger grows over train crash

> Greek railway workers extended their strike to a second day on Friday, and more protest rallies were planned, amid anger over a devastating train crash that killed at least 57, among them many university students, Reuters reports.

Greek railway workers extended their strike to a second day on Friday, and more protest rallies were planned, amid anger over a devastating train crash that killed at least 57, among them many university students, Reuters reports.

![Reuters](https://storage.moldova1.md/images/27ccd74f-9e44-4c87-aab7-290c3669d787.jpg)

*Sursa: Reuters*

Carriages were thrown off the tracks, crushed and engulfed in flames when a high-speed passenger train with more than 350 people on board collided head-on with a freight train late on Tuesday.
"The federation has been sounding alarm bells for so many years, but it has never been taken seriously," the main railworkers union said, demanding a meeting with the new transport minister, appointed after the crash with a mandate to ensure such a tragedy can never happen again.
The union said it wanted a clear timetable for the implementation of safety protocols. Questions around the crash - which happened as the two trains were on the same track - involve faulty signalling and maintenance issues.
Work resumed at the crash site, where rescue staff used cranes to lift some of the carriages that were thrown off the tracks - which could be wrapped up on Friday.
"The operation is under way, it was planned to end today, we hope it will end today but there's always the unknown factor," a fire brigade official said.
It was unclear if more were still missing, or how many.
Amid shock and sorrow in a country where three days of national mourning have been declared, families and friends said they wanted answers over how such a crash could have happened.

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*Sursa: Reuters*