‘Greece has derailed’: tens of thousands of protesters ‘rage’ over train disaster

Demonstrators voice fury after revelations of staff shortages and substandard equipment revealed state of rail network

Tens of thousands have staged protest rallies in Greece as anger over a train disaster that plunged the country into mourning a week ago intensified amid widespread industrial action.

In cities nationwide, as workers staged a 24-hour general strike, demonstrators voiced fury over an accident that left 57 dead when two locomotives collided head on and at high speed outside the town of Tempe. It was the deadliest train crash on record in Greece.