Hellenic Train denies the presence of gas bottles in the dining car and clarifies how the passenger list is formed in a statement made on Saturday 4 March.
In its second announcement, published within 24 hours of the first, the company elaborates:
“The list of passengers provided to the authorities includes only those passengers who have purchased an online ticket.”
Hellenic Train notes that it is not possible to provide information on the data of those passengers who bought a ticket at the box office – the ticket corresponds to a specific seat, but the name of the passenger is not indicated.
The company also categorically denies the presence of gas cylinders in the train – the service equipment in the dining car is electric. The denial followed a related statement published much earlier. fire department: “No bottles or cylinder fragments found”
Hellenic Train Statement is edition CNN Greece, on whose page it can be read in Greek:
“These days are especially difficult for the whole country and for our company, which lost 9 employees in the accident. Hellenic Train expresses condolences to relatives deadwhich he supports in every possible way. Hellenic Train, a passenger and freight company, has been working closely with rescuers and operators since the first minutes after the accident caused by the collision of two trains in Tempi in the midst of the Annunciation.
Hellenic Train personnel were at the scene of the accident from the very beginning and provided support in cooperation with the authorities, the Civil Protection Service and rescue teams, and through the Civil Protection Service supported the mobilization of psychologists to stay in hospitals.
Hellenic Train provided buses to facilitate transportation passengerswho managed to escape to the train’s final destination, Thessaloniki. Immediately after the incident, a special call center of the company was launched in order to provide information about dead and rescued, and contacting the competent authorities for information about the incident.
Hellenic Train clarifies that the list of passenger names provided to the authorities only includes those passengers who purchased an online ticket. In the case of passengers who bought tickets at the box office, their travel document, although it corresponded to a specific place, was not personalized.
The company says that the number of tickets sold never exceeds the number of seats offered. On long-distance trains, all tickets correspond to specific seats, and therefore, regardless of the method of purchase, be it online, at the box office or on the train, the number of tickets sold can never exceed the number of available seats.
Hellenic Train confirms that there are no LPG tanks on the train. The service equipment in the dining car is electrical. The company continues its work, helping and supporting the victims, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and all relevant authorities.”
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