“I’m ready to do the shift myself” – the 59-year-old station master told the inspector

The amnesty of the three defendants granted a deadline begins on Monday, March 27.

New evidence is coming to light about how the 59-year-old station master, who has been in prison since the tragedy in Tempi, entered the shift schedule in Larissa, and some of the revelations contradict what he has already told authorities. Like whether he knows about automatic working or not.

New revelations are coming to light as the two other night shift station masters who were present on the night of the tragedy in 59-year-old Larisa are preparing to accuse him of leaving him alone.

Specifically, according to the Starr’s report, after the station master’s training was completed, the inspector asked him and others who had received the same training if he was willing to take a shift on his own.

Of all the 14 new station masters, only the 59-year-old declared himself ready to work alone. Put me in the program.” It is clear that he does not realize his inadequacy.

Of course, this raises other questions, because even though the station master declared himself ready, his superiors judged that he would only take one shift.

The apology of the accused for the accident begins

Meanwhile, on Monday, March 27, the pardon of the three defendants, specifically the Larissa inspector and the other night shift station masters, who were scheduled to appear before the special appeals investigator for the train tragedy at Tempi. .

According to the information, the contracted station master will argue in his apology that he did not leave his post earlier but stayed there for 15 minutes.

“I worked for 8 hours. I left at 22:15, which means I waited a quarter of an hour overtime. As my superiors told me to work for 8 hours, I was not entitled to overtime. I was working from 1/2/2023, “As my superiors told me, I left for Volos on the last train at 22:15. Everything was in order when I left my job. No matter was pending,” said the contracted station master.

In his apology, he is also expected to mention:

• It always carries out orders
• He didn’t touch the control panel
• He was always on shift with an experienced colleague

Next Senior Station Master and Inspector

The second station master and senior station master who will apologize on Tuesday, March 28, will admit that he left half an hour early, while being asked why he did so and who corrected the time in the shift book. with a void.

For his part, the traffic inspector who posted the detained 59-year-old station master on night shifts will appear before the special appeals investigator on March 30.

He is expected to argue in an 80-page memorandum that two station masters abdicated and failed to adhere to their timetables, causing a series of errors at the scene of the accident.

He would emphasize that both the train driver who did not report the entry into the descent line and the station master who did not indicate in his telegram the direction the train was moving were responsible. Finally, he would say that the accident was due to non-installation of remote control and signal works.

Based on the reports already given to the investigator, it is expected that the cycle of investigations will be opened and persons other than employees will be included in the framework.