Greece referred to EU Court of Justice over railway failings two weeks before devastating crash

The nation’s transport minister stepped following the crash citing failings to bring the railway system into the 21st century

Greece was referred to the EU Court of Justice for failings in its railway infrastructure just two weeks before a fatal crash in which two trains collided.

At least 36 people have been killed and scores injured after a high-speed passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in Greece, throwing entire carriages off the tracks.

Officials said that 66 of the injured have been hospitalised, of whom six are in intensive care. About 250 passengers were evacuated safely to Thessaloniki on buses.