Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced changes to OSE during the Cabinet meeting, with plans for it to be restructured based on the model of DEI (Public Power Corporation). This will involve merging OSE, GAIA OSE, and ERGOSE into a single company called “New Railways of Greece,” implementing stricter recruitment policies, opening up opportunities for staffing from abroad, and offering higher compensation [1], [2].
The Prime Minister also pledged that within 15 months, damages to railway infrastructure caused by the Daniel storm will be repaired, and that signaling, telecontrol, and the European Train Control System (ETCS) will be installed across the entire network.
A case file is being sent to Parliament against former Transport Ministers Kostas A. Karamanlis and Christos Spirtzis for the investigation of their criminal responsibility in the Tempi incident.
Additionally, the installation of centimeter-level precision GPS is planned, along with a series of actions to increase public trust in the railway system. These include video surveillance of “critical railway infrastructure,” recording of communications, and the creation of the platform railway.gov.gr, where citizens can check the execution times of train schedules.
At the same time, a case file is being sent to Parliament against former Transport Ministers Kostas A. Karamanlis and Christos Spirtzis for the investigation of their potential criminal responsibility in the Tempi incident, regarding the inadequate supervision of the agencies responsible for railway safety (OSE, RAS), as well as the failure to implement modernization projects for the railway network and the lack of personnel [1], [2].
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