Greek passenger trains resume at lower speeds on route of deadly crash

A station master shows a green sign to a train at the Athens central train station, as Greece resumes the train from Athens to Thessaloniki, on the same route of the deadly crash in Athens, Greece April 3, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi

Greek passenger trains resumed service at lower speeds and with stricter safety rules on Monday along the route where dozens of people travelling to northern Greece were killed in a crash in February.

Greece last month reopened some passenger and freight rail routes that had been halted since a passenger and a cargo train carrying more than 350 people collided head-on on Feb. 28 on the same track near the city of Larissa, killing 57 people.