In the light the dialogues of "shame" - Who will still testify about Tempi

There is no end to the revelations about the fateful night of the train collision in Tempe

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There is no end to the revelations about the fateful night of the Tempe train collision as the dialogues show the panic and confusion that prevailed at the critical moments.

However, the dialogues that come to light before the accident, in which the prevailing laxity is recorded, also make a painful impression.

In the station office of Larissa on the night of February 28, shortly before the accident, dialogues of shame have been recorded from the radio telephone.

Although they knew their conversations were being recorded, the station masters used the walkie-talkie like their personal mobile phone, making crude jokes.

In the meantime, the investigations continue for the fateful night of February 28, and in the next 24 hours it is expected that the head of inspection and the two station masters of the afternoon shift will be summoned for an apology.

Station Master 1: What happened? You are OK;

Stationmaster 2: How are you?

Stationmaster 1: How many chicks do you have? Eight;

Stationmaster 2: Eight, eight.

Stationmaster 1: Count them.

Stationmaster 2: Oh, I don't want any more, I can't.

Stationmaster 1: You can't, you cut yourself off.

Then the stationmasters go to solve another... problem that has arisen.

Stationmaster 1: Tell you, do you have any kebab shop where we can order something to eat?

Stationmaster 2: Heh heh.

Stationmaster 1: Because if we're going to stay over here, why don't we.

Stationmaster 2: I don't know, I'm over here, I don't even have time to pick up the phone. But if they're going to pick it up, we'll have to backtrack later.

Stationmaster 1: Ah, let's go back.

Stationmaster 2: If we collect that... Otherwise we have to go one way to Platy.

Stationmaster 1: Understood.

Station Master 2: That little friend of mine needs to be pulled together. Anyway, we will find you a solution for skewers.

Confusion and chaos

A few minutes after the accident in Tempe that claimed the lives of 57 of our fellow human beings, the dialogues that come to light are shocking. The first minutes were complete chaos.

New Resources Warden: Please.

Larissa stationmaster: Eleni, call 63503.

Stationmaster of New Resources: The 63503;

Larissa stationmaster: Yes.

New Resources Stationmaster: 63503 listening to New Resources? 63503 listening to New Resources? Nothing from there.

Larissa stationmaster: Popo... Something has happened now and I don't like it.

Station Master of New Resources: Vassili, do you know the train drivers?

Larissa stationmaster: No, I don't know.

Stationmaster of New Resources: Take some Thessaloniki passenger so we can learn about 63503 at least.

Larisa Station Master: Does D.X know them?

Stationmaster of New Resources: I spoke and he told me what's going on because he doesn't have electricity and then he turned it off for me.

Larissa Station Master: Why does the Suburb have no electricity here either.

New Resource Station Master: Oh hey…. This is not good.

Larissa Station Master: Yes, I know, yes.

Stationmaster of New Resources: Sit down, I'll take Thessaloniki and learn.

Larissa stationmaster: It's done, let's talk.

"Let 62 go first"

However, confusion and misunderstanding prevailed even before the accident, which is reflected in the dialogue between the traffic regulator from the OSE headquarters in Athens and the 59-year-old station master about the order of the trains.

The time is 8 minutes before 22.00, awaiting the arrival of Intercity 62.

Traffic Controller: Has the 62 from Paleofarsalo passed?

Larissa stationmaster: No, he hasn't given me anything yet. Pass this first, pass 63 and then. Because we have one way.

The clock shows 22:53. Intercity 62 approaches Larissa station. Because there is a serious problem with the electrical control of the keys, the station master sends a locksmith to make the necessary adjustment manually.

Driver 62: Good evening 62. In Mezourlos.

Larissa Station Master: Guys, wait half a minute for them to turn the keys and you will enter.

Key: Vassilis, just half a minute, I'll go to 102 (key) in a bit.

Driver 62: Good thing you waited for us to come.

At 22.55, the 59-year-old is informed that Intercity 62 has arrived in Larissa and releases a local train.

Larissa stationmaster: Come, take me 46, train 62 arrival. Arrival line free for 1564.

After a few minutes, the most crucial moment follows. The locksmith asks the 59-year-old how he should arrange the lines. The time is 22:57.

Locksmith: Santa, can I turn the keys?

Stathmarchis of Larissa: No, not as it is because 1564 will follow.

Locksmith: Well done. I leave them as they are, diagonally.

The 59-year-old does not indicate to the driver of Intercity 62 that he will move on the descent. The time is 23:04.

Railway: Larissa. Ready in 62.

Larissa stationmaster: 62, with 47 you pass the red exit traffic light and go to the entrance traffic light of Neos Poros.

The station master's statement

The first questions of the police officers to the 59-year-old station master are now in the public light, a few hours after the fierce collision of the trains in Tempi with 57 dead. The questions below were asked on Wednesday 1 March at 19:20, just before the first 24 hours since the train tragedy.

The station master stated, among other things, that he did not give the written model to the driver of Intercity 62 for the double ascending line that he would follow and added that he did not even tell him that he would be running on it.

"The train driver said OK to the signal I gave him," the stationmaster will add, according to what Patris newspaper reveals. At the same time, regarding the key that he never turned to change the lines, he explained that "he does not consider it possible that he turned the key from the rise to the descent due to a mishandling of his."

Also in his first statement he tries to remember details from that night but does not succeed at all points. He even reports it to the police.

"Why didn't I give model 1001, it was my negligence"

Question: Why did you not give a written notice, form 1001, to the driver of train number 62, informing him that it would be running on a double up line?

Station Master: It was my negligence, as there were other trains in the station and they had to arrange how they would leave and which line they would enter.

Question: Which key(s) did train number 62 run on the line it was running on?

Station Master: Key 117 and 118 are for the main ascending line. The 118 key (double) must be in line for traffic on the ascending and descending line.

Question: What is the direction of rotation of these keys, how do they work and which of them creates a bypass with the down line?

Stationmaster: 118 is the key that can change the rise with the fall and vice versa.

Question: Describe for us, what was the handling of these keys by you and in particular key 118, when train number 62 departed from the Larissa railway station?

Station Master: After train 2597F passed Key 118 which was from the descent to the riser and 117 from the riser on the third line I returned the keys to the main and commanded with key 117 and 118 for 62 to come on the main riser line. From then on, how it happened and what happened, I don't remember at all, but complacently considering that they have locked the keys electronically as indicated by the light indicators of the panel lights.

Source: in.gr