Letter to OSE President George Ioannou was sent by the mayor of Athens Harris Dukeon the occasion of a recent accident at the unattended crossing of Constantinople Street. He speaks of concerns and complaints that have been expressed by other letters in the past and asks OSE to take all necessary steps to store unattended crossings within the urban tissue, timely recovery of lesions within the railway network.

The letter states:

“On the occasion of the sad accident with the death of an elderly fellow citizen, who was pulled over by a train from Hellenictrain to an unattended crossing on Constantinople Street, I contact you to point out to you:

  1. The recent tragedy with the seduction of our elderly fellow human beings unfortunately confirmed in the worst possible way the intense concern of the services of the Municipality of Athens about the danger of OSE’s levels on storage issues, road and leaping Deputy Mayor and Director.
  2. Despite the dozens of our fellow citizens’ requests and the persistent institutional direction and the annoyance of our deputy maying to the competent OSE line maintenance direction, but also to you personally, for the need to take measures to be lifted in many cases, of unattended crossings, the restoration of significant damage and the protection of pedestrian and vehicles.
  3. Although the repair of dangerous road damage to the width of the lines located, which are an infrastructure of the rail network, obviously does not fall under the jurisdiction of the DA, in two cases corresponding interventions have been made on our part, in order to restore the roads to the road. impassioned. In one case, in the level of the level of Constantinople and Lenorman streets, the contractor technical company informed us in writing that it was not allowed by the guard after contacting OSE, to repair the puddle.
  4. The Municipality of Athens, as the responsible body for its administrative boundaries and as a recipient of a multitude of demands and complaints on security and damage to the level of OSE levels implements all the necessary actions, sometimes exceeding its area of ​​competence.

Mr President, given the seriousness of the issue and to avoid any other tragic incident in the future, please personally make the OSE proceed immediately, as it owes, to all the necessary steps to guard the unattended crossings within the urban tissue, the timely rehabilitation of the road. Road to level crossings. “