Trains in Greece were on collision course ‘for many kilometres’
The view from a Hellenic Train Class 120, also known as Hellas Sprinter. 2020, Vartan62 / Wikimedia Commons
The first details about the deadly head-on crash between a passenger train and a freight suggest that the trains had been travelling on the same track “for many kilometres” and for at least 12 minutes. Additionally, the passenger train might have been moving at a speed up of to 160 kilometres per hour before the impact.
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Why was the passenger train asked to switch to the other side?