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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helena Smith in Athens

‘Greece has derailed’: tens of thousands of protesters ‘rage’ over train disaster

Thousands march during a rally
‘This has been a disaster that has mainly affected the young,’ said professor George Pagoulatos, director of the Eliamep thinktank in Athens. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Tens of thousands have staged protest rallies in Greece as anger over a train disaster that plunged the country into mourning a week ago intensified amid widespread industrial action.

In cities nationwide, as workers staged a 24-hour general strike, demonstrators voiced fury over an accident that left 57 dead when two locomotives collided head on and at high speed outside the town of Tempe. It was the deadliest train crash on record in Greece.

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