The system was blind, stressed the General Secretary of the Panhellenic Railway Federation
We request the investigation of the accident in Tempe not to stop only at the responsibilities of the station master, noted Alexandros Tzabazlis, Secretary General of the Panhellenic Railway Federation, speaking to ERT. Regarding the tragic accident in Tempi, he said that “there was only one way to avoid it. If for some reason God put his hand and one train driver called the other. There was no other way, the system was blind.”
As he said, “OSE, Hellenic Train, ERGOSE knew that there were no remote control systems and the security projects were not complete.” As he underlined “all I can humbly say to the dead is that we were shouting, we were saying it”
“We rail workers went on strike for safety, we went to court and the strike was dismissed as illegal and abusive. If we continued to talk, they would tell us that we are a guild” he said and underlined that the main concern of everyone in the industry was to modernize the railway, while he assured that there is not a single railway worker who does not want it.
Only in the small stations, such as that of Nei Poros, there was only one station master in 2,000 noted. “When we talk about the year 2000, we are talking about 14,000 workers, which means that every station every 5-7 km had a station master. That is, in those years where the train went, it created growth. All of this was manned,” he said characteristically.
“It was a contractual obligation of the country to put remote control on the trains, to modernize its network in view of the 2004 Olympic Games,” he said, however he pointed out that “the systems at the time are outdated” and underlined.
“We want to get away from human error and put technology in the field. Until 2010 there was remote control. After 2010, since we entered into the memorandum, OSE was abandoned. He started to undress. Everything started falling apart. We had colleagues leave. 5,000 left, we stayed fewer”
“We got to a point where the EU started pressuring us that you know we give you money and you don’t do anything. The remote control part between Domokos-Teithoreas was given. The Larissa-Platy section is blind,” he added.
Source: Skai
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