Compensation of 1,000 euros from TRAINOSE to passengers of Athens-Thessaloniki and Thessaloniki-Athens routes

Compensation of 1,000 euros will be given by TRAINOSE to the passengers of the routes Athens – Thessaloniki and Thessaloniki – Athens who suffered yesterday unbelievable suffering as they were trapped in Oinoi for 18 hours.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Mr. Costas Karamanlis contacted the management of TRAINOSE SA (of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group-FSI) and asked the company to pay 1,000 euros in compensation to the passengers of yesterday’s routes on the Athens-Thessaloniki and Thessaloniki-Athens route, for their great inconvenience.

Indeed, TRAINOSE SA agreed to pay from 1,000 euros to the passengers of the trains 885 Kalampaka-Athens, I / C 54 (Athens-Thessaloniki), I / C 55 (Thessaloniki-Athens), I / C 56 (Athens-Thessaloniki) and I / C 57 ( Thessaloniki – Athens).

TRAINOSE: With the assistance of a patrol, the train attendants took care to buy supplies

TRAINOSE issued an announcement responding to complaints from passengers that they had no supplies and were left with only water, stating, among other things, that the passengers of the two trains that were trapped last night in Oinoi due to the accident with another train in Fthiotida were safe and the passengers patrol took care to buy supplies from neighboring shops.

Specifically, TRAINOSE reports:

“Yesterday afternoon, the railway connection to and from Thessaloniki was interrupted, due to the immobilization of train 54 and the fall of a tree, with the result that the routes 55 (Thessaloniki – Athens) and 56 (Athens – Thessaloniki) that were already in progress, are waiting at Oinoi station.

The trains were safely parked inside the station and had heating throughout the waiting period. With the help of a patrol car, the train attendants made sure to buy supplies from neighboring shops.

This morning, the evacuation of passengers by buses rented by TRAINOSE began, which was completed at 10:00, with most of the passengers disembarking at SS Larissa, as some passengers chose to travel by themselves to Thessaloniki.

A total of 400 people were released, with 70 staying in a hotel in Athens.

TRAINOSE informs that as soon as the conditions allow it, the itineraries on the Athens – Thessaloniki axis will return “.