he modernisation of the signalling and telemanagement systems, as well as the installation of the European Train Control System (ETCS) on the SKA-Promachonas railway line, the main railway axis of the country, is proceeding methodically in spite of the chronic problems and great difficulties, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras said on Wednesday.

Services in all of Greece were suspended following the deadly train collision at Tempi in central Greece on February 28 that cost the lives of 57 individuals and injured scores more. The gradual reopening of the railway system was announced by State Minister responsible for Infrastructure & Transport Giorgos Gerapetritis on March 14, following a review of and implementation of safety measures.

The plan to change the transport map in Northern Greece is on tracks with a series of important and ambitious projects implemented by railway infrastructure authority ERGOSE, giving life to Greek railways.