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Tempi train crash

Took place on February 28, 2023

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The 4th anniversary falls on February 28, 2027, in 127 days.

On 28 February 2023, a head-on collision occurred between two trains south of the Tempe Valley in Greece, about halfway between the Greek villages of Tempi and Evangelismos in the Thessaly region.

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