Greek transport frozen by strikes and protests on train crash anniversary

A banner reading, 'This crime will not be forgotten, their profits our lives', outside the central train station of Thessaloniki during a 24-hour strike, held a year after the nation's deadliest train crash, on February 28, 2024 [Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP]

Widespread strikes marking the anniversary of Greece’s deadliest rail crash have brought transport services to a standstill as tens of thousands protested.

Trains, ferries, taxis and the metro came to a virtual standstill at midnight on Wednesday in commemoration of the collision a year ago that killed 57. The striking transport workers demanded justice, as well as pay rises.