Greek regulator says station master involved had 'inadequate' training

18/3/2023 6:36

        Greece's rail regulator has "strong evidence" that a station master involved in a deadly train crash last month had not taken "appropriate and
        comprehensive" training to perform his duties, it said on Friday, detailing its probe into the country's deadliest rail crash on record.
        
        Police detained four railway workers, including the station master on duty after the magistrate's office charged them for disrupting public transport leading to deaths following the head-on collision of a passenger and a freight train on Feb. 28, which killed 57 people in central Greece.
        
        Commenting on the training programme taken by the duty station master along with others, the regulator said it did not find evidence that "the appropriate and comprehensive theoretical and on-the-job training" was given, in line with the requirements set.
        
        The regulator statement also said that based on data collected by the regulator so far, there was "strong evidence" that that the training offered to railway staff performing key duties, such as station masters, has been "deficient and hence inadequate."