Mega Disclosure: This is the commission’s finding on the 717 deal

Auditors “Kolafos” for mistakes and blunders that led to the biggest railway tragedy in the country’s history.

The tragedy at Tempi “exposed” the pathogens in the most tragic and tragic way of the continuous mistakes and criminal negligence of all involved in the Greek Railways that ultimately cost 57 lives.

In fact, the biggest train accident in the country’s history brought back to the fore ERGOSE’s much-discussed contract 717/2014 for the installation of remote control, which, although it should have been completed years ago, was not installed. Still.

The Transparency Commission’s multi-page decision, which also includes the famous 717 deal, is very revealing of the reasons why the particular system has not yet been completed.

In the 190 pages of the decision brought to light and presented by MEGA, decades of timeless wrongdoing and malpractices are revealed, outlining the chaos in the Greek state with officials, employees and external responsibilities. actors.

The auditors of the Transparency Commission, who examined the “sin” contract 717 for the restoration of the signaling – remote control system on the Athens – Thessaloniki – Promahona axis, from 2012 to 2021, with their conclusions of 190 pages, the structure of responsibility for handling the contract by ERGOSE and OSE and the contractor, TOMI – Alstom joint venture. .

In fact, what is even more annoying is that the project should have been completed by 26/9/2016, however, seven years later, it has not been completed, but terrible defects are found.

“Kolafos” is the end of power

According to the finding, the project management did not ensure the completion of the schedule, but failed to complete the schedule of required inspection approvals:

“Significant delays in execution of tasks “…mainly due to non-timely provision of premises and availability of required administrative staff by OSE…””.

The 190-page opinion continues:

“The pre-existing signaling – remote control system installed from previous OSE contracts worked for a short period of time because there was no widespread damage from vandalism and theft of equipment.”

“Trains run blind, it’s a crime”

“I saw a wall and I sent a letter to the authorities. The trains are moving blindly, it’s a crime, if the system had worked, the evil would not have happened,” said Christos Katsioulis, former head of the ETCS ERGOSE Committee.

“If the remote control had worked, the mistake made by the station master in not turning the key and putting the passenger train on the descent track, the remote control would not have allowed it, it would have seen it,” said Ioannis Kollatos. Former Station Master of Larissa.

Vandalism and theft

Evidence shows that rampant vandalism and theft caused major discrepancies between the scope of the contract and the project’s material and time requirements, delaying completion of signaling and remote control.

“The requirement of Article 57.1 of the Contingency Act is not met, and includes work to improve the quality of the project (such as replacing traffic lights), which cannot be accepted.”

“When I arrived in Larissa in 1994, the traffic board was already there. It was not functioning for the last four to five years because it was damaged and traffic was locked. It has been in operation for the last four to five months since the beginning of November 2022,” said Giorgos Centros, Paleoparsalo station master.

The Transparency Commission’s decision includes detailed financial schedules and documentary photographs of the project.