The train driver realized the mistake and reportedly tried to contact the station master, to no avail.
The public prosecutor’s intervention was prompted by the report of a commuter train almost entering the Metro line in Dukissis Plakentias, on October 9.
The head of the Prosecutor’s Office of Athens, Aristides Korias, ordered an urgent investigation on the occasion of the relevant publication of the “Newspaper of the Editors”.
In the context of the investigation, which he will carry out the prosecutor Mr. Andreou, the possibility of any criminal acts having been committed and by which persons will be examined.
According to the front page article, the Suburban train was ordered to the Duchess of Placentia to get in the wrong line and specifically in a Metro tunnel.
The train driver realized the mistake and reportedly tried to contact the station master, to no avail. Thus, it appears that he decided to slow down and proceed slowly to allow time for the remote control to realize the error.
The driver was reportedly forced to reverse for about 300 meters to get out of the tunnel before becoming trapped.
Maria Zacharopoulou
