Greece to seek EU rail funds as workers' train crash walkout grows

The site of a crash in which two trains collided is seen near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Kostas Mantziaris

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece will seek additional EU funding for urgent safety upgrades to the rail network, the government said on Monday, as public sector workers planned a widespread walkout to protest the country's worst train crash that killed 57 people last week.

Labour unions say the rail network has been severely weakened by cost-cutting and under-investment, a casualty of the debilitating debt crisis which afflicted Greece from 2010 to 2018.