Athens Administrative Court awards 400,000 euros to Tempi train crash victims' relatives

On March 27, 2026, the Athens Administrative Court issued a ruling regarding the February 28, 2023, train collision in Tempi. The court ordered the Greek state to pay 400,000 euros in compensation to four relatives of a victim. This marks the first judicial decision to formally attribute responsibility to the Greek state for the incident. The ruling states that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport failed to provide adequate oversight of the railway network despite being aware of its dangerous condition. The court concluded that these criminal omissions and systemic failures contributed to the fatal outcome. The legal representative for the family described the ruling as a confirmation of systemic negligence. The decision focuses on the state's failure to prevent a preventable tragedy. This precedent sets a new legal standard for pending claims related to the disaster.