The government’s first rail safety measures are expected to be announced today at 11 am by the Minister of State responsible for Transport. George Herapetritisas the prime minister said on Sunday Kyriakos Mitsotakisnoting that “in the coming days, the responsible minister will announce measures to immediately improve safety on the railways until the e-administration system is completed.”

According to with information from “K”The minister’s press conference will be held at four levels:

– Firstlyin assessing the tragedy both in terms of what went wrong and subsequent management.

– Secondlyin immediate action to be taken. For information the government is not discussing stopping the railway, but measures that will increase safety and minimize the chance of accidents.

The thought of immediate realization is increase in the number of station mastersgiven that remote security system it cannot be completed before September, when it was supposed to be delivered. However, given the specificity and insufficiency of the staff, in order to achieve the goal of increasing the number of station chiefs, it may be necessary to shorten routes and strengthen central stations, such as Larisinskaya, where a fatal mistake was made that led to a tragic accident.

– third axle for its speedy completion contract 717 about the “telesafety” of trains. This is a contract that was signed in 2008 but was halted in 2009 due to looting of cables, and in 2014 when it was restarted it reached 30% completion until 2017. From 2019 to date, its implementation has reached 70%. , which was not enough to prevent a tragic accident.

Today, after the loss of 57 people, the need to complete the contract is becoming imperative, with the target projected to be completed by September.

– Last axleand longer term, concerns her ETCS (European Train Control System) installationa system that allows for the exchange of information, allowing maximum control, but again without implying that no human presence is required.

Cabinet

Tomorrow, Thursday, the Cabinet of Ministers is expected to meet with the exceptional theme of the tragedy and the institutional steps and interventions that need to be taken, and on Friday the Prime Minister will visit the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

The visit, according to government sources, takes place in the context of their monthly regular meetings and is not linked to pre-election scenarios, as some suggest.

After all, as K wrote yesterday, the elections will almost certainly take place in May, since it is considered impossible to organize polling stations a month from today.

This prospect implies the announcement of elections next week, a very short time after the tragedy, as Greek society is still in shock from the accident.