The first known funeral after Greece's worst train disaster, which killed at least 57, takes place in the northern town of Katerini, as police say 52 bodies have been identified — almost all from DNA tests.
"Most of all we feel rage that this could happen in the year 2023, how two trains can collide … when there is so much technology," said 21-year-old student Aggelos Thomopolous.
"How do you think I feel? It's a disgrace," said another student, 18-year-old Maria Choremi. "All of Greece is crying from morning until evening while they [politicians] sit in their offices drinking coffee," she said. Outside the hospital in Larissa, where many of the victims were taken, the parents of a 22-year-old man waited in anguish for confirmation of what had happened to their son.Not long before the crash, his son Denis had told him he would be late and would call. "I'm still waiting," Mr Routsi said.
Denis had travelled to Athens to see friends. His mother, Mirela, showed reporters a picture on her mobile of her son beaming.Railway workers who began a strike on Thursday extended their walkout by another 48 hours on Friday. Lit candles form the phrase "Call me when you get there" during a silent protest in front of Greece's parliament.In school yards in Athens, students used their bags to write the words "Call me when you get there,
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