Floods put Greece underwater, Piraeus stranded from rail services

Image: Facebook. Konstantinos Tsiamis

Greece is experiencing one of the worst floods in its modern history, with storm ‘Daniel’ putting several parts of the country underwater and with people dead and missing. The already fragile Greek railway network is also heavily impacted since parts of the infrastructure have been destroyed. With no specific action and restoration plan in place, the damages could leave the port of Piraeus without train connections to Europe for at least a week.

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Author: Nikos Papatolios

Nikos Papatolios is the Editorial Coordinator of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

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