A year after the Tempi train disaster, two passenger trains nearly collided at ΣΚΑ station after one train ran a red light. The accident was averted at the last minute thanks to the person in charge of the traffic control system.
A new incident, calling into question the safe operation of all participants in railway transport, is again occupying the attention of the competent authorities, a year after the tragedy in Tempe. A serious incident recorded on Christmas Eve at the Acharnon Railway Center (ΣΚΑ) station involved running a red traffic light, which almost led to a collision between two Hellenic Train passenger trains.
We are talking about trains 1313, which followed the Kiato-Piraeus route, and 51 (Silver Arrow), which followed the Thessaloniki-Athens route. Journalists of the publication “unearthed” information about this incident TA NEA.
According to the testimony of ΣΚΑ employees, train 1313 ran a red signal and almost collided with train 51 (Strela). According to information from reliable sources, a collision was avoided… at the last moment, thanks to the dedicated work of the person in charge of the ΣΚΑ traffic control system, who literally yelled over the radio using obscene language, demanding that the driver of train 1313 stop. It should be noted that in the driver’s (control) cabin of the same train there was a trainee driver, since a full-time driver does not have the status of an instructor.
O.S.E.as the infrastructure manager, immediately began recording this serious incident while Hellenic Train first tried to downplay it, and the relevant company officials stated that the incident was not the fault of the driver, but due to the “slipperiness of the tracks”!
It should be noted that those responsible for the movement of trains Hellenic Train The current one is former Machinists President K. Genidounias, who was recently back in the news for not being summoned to appear before the parliamentary committee investigating the Tempi incident. However, the responsible general manager of the company did not take any official steps, accepting the scenario… of slipping.
Tachograph
However, OSE insisted on an investigation into the incident, which, due to its seriousness, was reported to the Railway Regulatory Authority (RAA). At the same time, in order to reach its own conclusion, OSE requested a tachograph recording from Hellenic Train to check whether slippage had occurred, as well as a corresponding driver’s report. According to traffic regulations, the speed of train 1313 should not exceed 60 km/h. However, the tachograph tape that recorded the skid has not yet been transferred to OSE.
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