Today’s newspaper’s newspaper denies the former OSE President Yiannos Grammatidis, in his memorandum to the Ministry of Transport and the Prime Minister in September 2024 to suspend passenger trains for security reasons.

In his post, Mr. Grammatidis notes: “In relation to today’s report by the newspaper ‘The News’ and the Journalist George Papachristou who refers to a confidential memora From the presidency of OSE last October, I feel the need to make the following clarification: with my note above I suggested various measures to improve OSE and rail transport, including at least two years suspended their operation. passenger trains, Not for safety reasons, but to complete the damage to Thessaly from the natural disasters Daniel and Eliasas well as the projects of installation of automatic rail crossings (ASID) in northern Greece for which the Ministry of Transport under the Presidency provided me with an emergency € 25 million. “

As Mr. Grammatidis points out in the memorandum: “I also suggested the exception of the suspension of the Athens-Athens-Athens suburban lines, Athens-Halkida, Athens Corinth and Larissa-Thessaloniki and because I considered the suspension but also necessary, for social reasons. At the same time, the trafficking of the passenger public could be carried out by means by means that the Hellenic Train would have. I even excluded commercial transport that could be made on a single line, since the second line would be under construction, so as not to cause damage to both the national economy and entrepreneurship.

»I still believe today that such a solution would be ideal for any involved, more specifically for OSE, which would focus on the project of speeding up and completing all of the above projects in combination with the improvement of the image and operation of the rail stations , for the contracting companies that would implement these projects, for the Hellenic Train, which could thus bring new modern rolling stock that would improve the circumstances and times of passenger public, but also for the passenger public itself, which would deliver a modern rail network both in terms of infrastructure and in terms of full operation of all the necessary electronic systems such as ETCS, GSM-R, SCADA, WiFi and more. and with the possibilities of trans -European interconnection. I still believe that such a measure and its outcome would enhance the sense of security of society for the Greek railway. “

In closing his post, the former president of OSE also refers to the safety of the railway, writing: “Finally, a few words about the safety of the railway operation: both during my presidency at OSE and after the completion of my transitional term in each My public and private statement, I insisted and I continue to believe that the safety of the railway is absolutely based on five state -of -the -art telecommunications centers (SKA, Corinth, Larissa, Lianokladi and Thessaloniki), also in four super -control centers). With the latest cameras and, finally, to OSE staff who are struggling daily for the smooth operation of the trains and the safe movement of the passenger public. “

Mr. Grammatidis’ post:

On the occasion of the publication of the young people PASOK spokesman Costas Tsoukalas, He said: “Today it is revealed by the news of the youth that former OSE president Yiannos Grammatidis in his memorandum to the Prime Minister in October 2024, one and a half years after the tragic crash demanded that the passenger transport was stopped immediately as the passenger transport was stopped as One of its most serious functions, the safe transportation of people with Greek trains’.

How much will the responsible minister, Christos Staikouras, still be a spectator?

And first and foremost, the ‘reformer’ prime minister who was committed shortly after Tempi’s tragedy to the citizens that he will guarantee the safety and modernization of rail transport, has something to say? “

In response to Mr. Tsoukalas, after the denial by G. Gratidis, the Government spokesman, Pavlos MarinakisIn a statement, among other things, he said: “Some time ago, PASOK’s spokesman was again in a hurry to adopt today’s front page, according to which former OSE transitional president Yiannos Grammatidis had a letter requested that all of the Railway routes for security reasons.

The above is a lie. The truth is that Mr. Grammatidis has never raised the issue of rail safetyeither during his term or after his retirement.

Indeed, as he points out in his announcement, he sent a series of proposals for the operation of the Railway, 25 days after his departure from the post of transitional OSE president, one of which referred to the possibility of interruption of routes, not for security reasons. , but to speed up the completion of infrastructure projects on the network.

That is, once again, the reality proves to be completely opposed to the objections adopted by the opposition.

It is obvious and we will not stop pointing it out, while responding to any false allegation that contains misleading data, that opposition parties have seen one of the most tragic accidents in the country’s history as an opportunity to save themselves politically, without even interested in them. If this is done on the backs of people who have experienced absolute pain.

For two things we have duty:

  • To ensure that justice will do its job properly and that it will give responsibilities without asterisks and
  • To repel any attempt to tool the tragic accident of the Tempi by the opposition. “