Around midnight on the 28th of last month local time, a passenger train and a freight train collided head-on near Larissa, Thessaly, central Greece.
Local police and fire officials said that 40 people have been killed and 85 injured so far in the accident.
The passenger train left Athens, the capital, and headed for Thessaloniki, the second city in the north, and it was known that 342 passengers and 10 crew members were on board.
The death toll is likely to continue to rise as the search operation continues in earnest.
Greek public broadcaster ERT reported that 50 to 60 people were still unconfirmed.
Greek police, who are investigating the cause of the accident, arrested the station manager for manslaughter, believing that the Larissa station manager had misdirected the driver of the passenger train to change tracks, causing the two trains to collide while running on the same track .
Greece’s transport minister announced his resignation in connection with the accident, and the Greek government declared a three-day period of national mourning.
