The train collision killed more than 40 people.

Now the Greek Railway Workers' Union (POS) has announced a 24-hour strike on Thursday.

Among other things, they are protesting against the fact that the railway network has been neglected by several successive governments, reports the Greek newspaper Kathimerini.

”"Unfortunately, our long-standing demands for staff employment, better training and, above all, the use of modern security systems always end up in the trash," the POS union writes in a statement.

Eight railway workers died in the accident, including four train drivers on the two trains that collided.

It was just before midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday that a passenger train that had just passed through a tunnel collided head-on – on the same tracks – with a freight train near the city of Larissa in northern Greece.

The cause of the accident is still unknown, but a number of people have been arrested, including a suspect.

Source:TT-Aftonbladet.se