2017 Adendro train derailment
A diesel multiple unit similar to the one involved in the accident.
Details
Date13 May 2017
21:45
LocationAdendro
CountryGreece
LineAthens – Thessaloniki
OperatorTrainOSE
Incident typeDerailment
CauseExcessive speed
Statistics
Trains1
Passengers73
Crew5
Deaths3
Injured10
List of rail accidents in Greece

An intercity passenger train derailed and collided with a house in Adendro, Greece, on 13 May 2017. Three people were killed, and ten were injured. A preliminary report stated that the cause of the accident was excessive speed.

Accident

The accident happened when a passenger train derailed and collided with a house in Adendro, a village in the municipality of Chalkidona, Thessaloniki region, Greece. Three people were killed, and ten more were injured when five carriages of the train derailed.[1][2] The engine and one carriage collided with a house alongside the track.[3] Two residents of the house jumped from a balcony before the collision occurred. The house was severely damaged.[4]

The derailed train was a Class 520 diesel multiple unit.[3] It was operating TrainOSE service IC 58 from Athens to Thessaloniki,[5] carrying five crew and 73 passengers.[6] The derailment occurred at 21:45 local time (18:45 UTC) at a site 200 metres (660 ft) from Adendro railway station. The train departed from Athens at 16:18.[5] There were four people fatally injured in the accident. Those killed were two train crew, including the driver and a passenger.[3] Following the accident, the line through Adendro was expected to remain closed until 27 May.[7]

Investigation

TrainOSE opened an investigation into the accident.[3] The Greek Transport Ministry also opened an investigation. According to preliminary findings, the train event recorder revealed that excessive speed was the cause of the derailment.[6] The train was travelling at 144.3 kilometres per hour (89.7 mph) where the speed limit was 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).[7] The three-member Commission of Experts that made the finding stated that there was no evidence of sabotage and that the local track controllers had followed proper procedures.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tagaris, Karolina (13 May 2017). "Three dead, 10 injured in Greek passenger train derailment". Reuters. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Adendro Greece Train Derailment". CWEB. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Greece train hits house after derailing, killing three". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "At least four dead after passenger train derails in Greece". ITV News. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Εκτροχιασμός Intercity έξω από την Θεσσαλονίκη – Τέσσερις νεκροί και πολλοί τραυματίες" [Intercity derailment outside Thessaloniki – Four dead and many wounded]. To Vima (in Greek). 13 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Adendro crash train was speeding, report says". Ekathimerini. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Excessive speed blamed for fatal train crash in Adendro, according to report". Athens-Macedonian News Agency. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Με 144 χλμ. την ώρα έτρεχε η μοιραία αμαξοστοιχία στο Αδενδρο". To Vima. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

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