“K” discloses the materials of the case initiated on the fact of an accident with a fatal outcome in the city of Tempe.

Undoubtedly, one of the most important testimonies contained in the case file is the statement of the head of the central station of Paleofarsala, since he is the first person who rushed to the head of the station of Larisa immediately after the tragic incident.

He testified on March 6, 2023, emphasizing, among other things, that the head of the Larisa station was inexperienced and that if he had carefully watched the control panel in front of him, he could have prevented the tragedy, since he had five minutes to perceive the course train and inform the driver.

At the same time, he touched upon the infrastructure of the Larisa railway station department, noting that the road shield has been operating only for the last 4-5 months, while it has been installed there since at least 1994.

His testimony follows

I am the head of the Larisa station.

27 stationmasters, including 13 old and 14 new ones, have been recruited by OSE as stationmasters since summer 2022. Stationmasters serve Kalambaka, Paleofarsalon, Larisa, Neo Pori, Litochoro, Katerinis and Volos stations.

Safe train traffic control and traffic safety.

It will ensure that the train arrives and departs on the correct track. The train before entering the station is obliged to check the input signals, i.e. traffic lights, which, if they are green, can enter without warning. If the traffic light is red, it stops, informs the stationmaster of the approach, and waits for instructions. The stationmaster must transmit a telegram by radiotelephone and the train will arrive at the station along the line indicated by the stationmaster. Accordingly, when a train leaves the station, if the traffic light is green, it will leave until the train master notifies the station master of the completion of disembarkation and boarding of passengers and receives an order to depart from the station master. . With a green traffic light, he leaves without form 1001 or a telegram, and with a red traffic light, before leaving, he must receive form 1001 or a telegram from the head of the station about switching to a red traffic light and leaving. When a train departs from Paleofarsala station or from Nea Poros station, the stationmasters inform the Larissa stationmaster that the train has left, and if the train moves along the same line, he must report this.

To ensure the safe entry of the train to the station. This is done by signal or manually. Signaling means that the entrance will be carried out with traffic lights, which are regulated by an electronic scoreboard located in the office of the head of the station.

I worked a shift from 14.00 to 23.00 at Paleofarsalon station. Train 62 arrived at the station a little late, picked up and dropped off passengers, and waited for train 63 on the Thessaloniki-Athens route. One train was waiting for another to change the traction staff (drivers). Train 62 left the only downstream track to enter Larissa because the upstream track was cut in the afternoon of the same day. When train 62 was departing from Paleofarsalon station, at about 10.40 I informed the head of the station Larisa B.S. by city phone and telegram that the train is going in the opposite direction to Larisa station. The train moved along the only descending track to the Larisa entrance, and when passing from the switchman to key 101, it normally entered the ascending track (2nd). Based on the working time schedule, the last hour of each shift coincides with the first hour of the next, therefore at least two station chiefs must be at Larisa station at 14.00-15.00, 22.00-23.00 and 06.00-07.00. As can be seen from the service schedule, at st. Larisa 02/28/2023 from 14.00-23.00, after a shift change, K. served as a senior, and P. as a substitute. The latter has a shift 14.00-22.00, because works with the provision of services (block). K. is an experienced stationmaster, while P. has recently become a stationmaster. B.S. worked alone from 22.00 to 07.00 on the night shift.

When the train left Paleofarsalos, he spoke to the head of the Larissa station. BS is inexperienced and there are difficulties when traffic violations occur. After talking with B.S., after some time I called P. on his mobile around 22.45 and asked him where he was, to which he replied that he had left. AND I asked him why he left and he replied, “How long must I sit?” Should I guard him?.

Until his replacement arrives, he can leave. Usually, when there is a load, no one leaves. When P. left, at st. Train 62 and suburban train 2597 arrived in Larisa, and the train to Volos departed for these trains.

When I came to Larisa in 1994, the road service already existed. For the last 4-5 years it did not work, because it was broken, and the movement was carried out with the help of locksmiths. In operation for the last 4-5 months since the beginning of November 2022. There was some experience from the company that repaired the panel, i.e. some people came and showed us the work. We, the old people, remembered the picture and brought up the youth.

Yes, there is an indicator light. The railroad tracks have some kind of system, and when a train passes over them, the corresponding red indicator on the control panel lights up. The LEDs light up sequentially within the range of the control panel.

The range of the control panel is 10 km in both directions, i.е. 5 km north and 5 km south of the stationmaster’s office. So, when the train leaves the station, its track is visible on the control panel for 5 km, as the corresponding red lights on the control panel light up.

According to my calculations about 4.5 km.

About 5 minutes.

Yes, I could.

No I dont know. In any case, any damage that may occur does not affect the entire scoreboard, and not all of the lights that make up the train’s coverage area may be affected at the same time..