An iconostasis in honor of the 57 people who lost their lives in the train accident was set up in Tempi on the initiative of the Region of Thessaly, where relatives and citizens will be able to light a candle in memory of those who died on the fatal trains.

The night of February 28 was written on the blackest pages of the modern history of Greece. The head-on collision of a freight train with the Intercity 62 train in the “Evangelismos” area of ​​Tempe, caused the death of 57 people. It was the biggest railway tragedy in the country, which raised a storm about the situation on the railway, caused judicial as well as political developments.

Tempe

One month and one daythen a memorial service was held in Tempi in memory of 57 victims of the tragedy in the Holy Church of the Holy Trinity in the settlement of Tempe. The relatives of the people who lost their lives are still demanding justice.

The memorial service was attended by a large number of people, including relatives of the passengers of the fatal train, local officials as well as executives of EKAV and EMAK Larisa.

The same time, at the scene of the tragedy was constructed a small church to honor the memory of those who lost their lives because of the tragic mistakes of the stationmaster and the other responsible people, but also because of the chronic deficiencies and problems on the railway that no one took care to solve in time.