“The theft of materials of particular importance for transport safety will return to a criminal nature,” said the Minister of Justice Konstantinos Tsiaras during an event at the Ministry of Justice.

As stated by Mr. Tsiaras, “downgrading the penalty for the theft of materials that obviously have a special role and concern the safety of transport, in this case railway transport, from a serious crime to a misdemeanor, is a question that needs to be answered based on what has changed with the criminal law of 2019”.

“The government intends to toughen the sentence. Now the theft of materials of particular importance for the safety of transport will return to a criminal nature and, of course, to issues and issues related to the loss of life, when it comes to accidents or accidents occurring on railways and not only transport, it is obvious that to He will face the maximum penalty,” he said.

Drivers: intervention at 9 points to restart the railway

In a letter to Hellenic Train, the train drivers highlight nine problems on the rail network that need to be addressed in order to resume service.

In particular, train drivers refer, among other things, to points on the network where it will not be possible to restart routes without solving existing problems.

Source: RES-IPE