Tempi-like human error blamed for putting 2 suburban rail trains on same track and heading towards each other; train operators averted the erroneous order
Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) employee was jailed for 17 months; he will be under house arrest while awaiting trial for the Tempi collision
Founded in 1884, the Peloponnese line is Europe’s longest meter-gauge railway network. Services stopped in 2011 as a result of Greece’s debt crisis.