# Passenger and freight trains collide at Tempi, killing 57

Date: 2023

On 28 February 2023 a Hellenic Train passenger service hit a freight train near Tempi. Fifty-seven people died. Signalling upgrades required by earlier contracts had not been finished. [Mitsotakis](/people/kyriakos-mitsotakis) first blamed human error; ministers resigned. A crash is a completed safety failure, not a finding that he drove the train.

## People

- Kyriakos Mitsotakis: https://factrail.ai/people/kyriakos-mitsotakis

## Drivers

- Health-System Capacity: https://factrail.ai/drivers/health-system-capacity

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/years-disasters-scandals-failures-fuel-greeces-rail-crash-protests-2025-03-20/
- https://www.primeminister.gr/en

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/gr-tempi-crash-2023