“Based on an official analysis of the tachograph data by TRAINat the time of the derailment, the speed of the train was 144.3 kilometers per hour, while the permitted speed from the 1st line (shunt) Adendros railway station was 60 kilometers.

Came to this conclusion committee of threeconsisting of executives of OSE, TRAINOSE and network maintenance company (EESSTY), about the causes of the railway accident in May 2017 in Adendros, near Thessaloniki. As a result of the accident, three people died, the train driver and two crew members, ten passengers were injured.

The preliminary report was drawn up just six days after the accident: committee members performed an autopsy at the crash site and took statements from TRAINOSE employees who were on train 58.

“After I got to the front cabin and while the driver and dispatcher were in it, the derailment began. It all happened quickly and I don’t remember much. Only that I instinctively fell on the floor of the driver’s cab, ”the second train driver, who was on the train, testified to the members of the commission.

One of the conductors of the passenger train also referred to the inability to remember the details of the accident: “We were together with Ari in the passenger seats located in the dining car. I realized that the train had left the key. I fell down next to a couple and passed out. The passenger found me before the ambulance arrived, and I climbed out onto the gangway. I don’t remember any other details.”

It can be seen from the content of the train typist’s reply that members of the commission asked her questions about the condition of one of the workers on the train. There was also information indicating that some of the train staff were in a state of intoxication, without indicating this in the conclusion. “He was perfectly normal, and I did not notice any oddities in his behavior,” the inspector answered for her colleague. Concluding her testimony, she clarified that “M was always at the helm …”.

As part of the preliminary investigation, the three experts collected a number of pieces of evidence, including the train’s tachograph. The analyzes showed, among other things, that the train entered the bypass line passing through the Adendros railway station at a speed of 144.3 kilometers per hour, while the speed limit did not exceed 60.

Some of the mortally injured train staff were considered responsible for the accident. Thus, the criminal case was not initiated and the case was closed out of court.