The Greek Parliament ratifies a new contract with Hellenic Train, including 23 new electric trains, infrastructure upgrades, real-time digital tracking, and strict penalties for delays or missed deadlines.
A technical fault halted a long-distance passenger train on Christmas night, causing a delay of more than two hours as crews replaced the locomotive and assisted hundreds of travelers
The revised state contract with Hellenic Train sets a 2027 delivery deadline, tougher penalties, higher passenger compensation, and major safety and infrastructure upgrades aimed at modernizing Greece’s rail network.
To minimize disruption for passengers, Hellenic Train, in coordination with the union, has adjusted its timetable.
Following a fatal accident, the Athens mayor urges Greece’s state-owned rail network owner to act on safety and repair issues at unguarded crossings in the capital
A man died in central Athens on Friday morning after being struck by a suburban railway train near Metaxourgio.
A 14-year-old has been arrested in Patras after a fire broke out near the suburban railway, briefly halting train services. Authorities are searching for two more suspects linked to the blaze, which residents spotted and reported early Tuesday
A Hellenic Train service traveling from Thessaloniki to Athens collided with a herd of animals near Aliartos, causing a 95-minute delay. No injuries were reported among the 400 passengers or staff, who will receive compensation under EU regulations
Dozens of passengers were stranded for hours on a historic railway line in the Peloponnese after a train broke down in a remote mountain area. Fire services and Hellenic Train organized a rescue operation
A man fell from a pedestrian bridge between Ano Patissia and Perissos in Athens prompting a temporary suspension of train service
To minimize disruption for passengers, Hellenic Train will operate replacement bus services.
The deal aims to upgrade passenger rail services in Greece and includes a commitment from the Italian company to invest €360 million.
Greece's counterterrorism unit is closing in on two suspects related to a bomb that exploded at Hellenic Train on Friday. No injuries were sustained in the explosion, as authorities were warned in advanced that it would be detonated.
The group has claimed responsibility for the bomb attack on Hellenic Train, where no one was injured. Greek authorities consider it an indication of the resurgence of domestic terrorism.
The organization calls itself "Revolutionary Class Self-Defense" and says it was also responsible for an attack on Greece's Ministry of Labor.
Details continue to emerge about the bombing, while questions over the lack of security at the offices perplex.
Greek authorities are probing the details of Friday night’s bomb blast outside Hellenic Train headquarters.
Authorities were notified that an anonymous caller had called a local media outlet at 20.53 to warn of the bomb, claiming it would detonate in 35 to 40 minutes
Greece’s National Organization for the Investigation of Air and Rail Accidents and Transport Safety concluded the causes of the Tempi train collision.
Local news site posts report it says was commissioned by Hellenic Train, which concludes that carriage B2 was engulfed in flames caused by electrical arcs and short circuits burning a transformer