In Pics: Greeks Strike To Mark Train Crash Anniversary

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Thousands of protesting Greek workers and students marched through central Athens on Wednesday to commemorate the anniversary of the country's deadliest train tragedy, demanding justice and higher wages. A year ago, a passenger train from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki crashed head-on with a goods train, killing 57 people and sparking widespread demonstrations against what many saw as decades of negligence in the rail system.

In Pics: Greeks Strike To Mark Train Crash Anniversary
Greece Strike | Photo: AP/Michael Varaklas

A protester holds a smoke flare during a rally in Athens, Greece. Widespread strikes in Greece disrupted transport services Wednesday, halting ferries and trains, in protests timed to coincide with the anniversary of a deadly rail crash a year ago.

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Greece Strike | Photo: AP

An aerial view of the wagons and other parts recovered from a train wreck, near Larissa city, central Greece. Greece's deadliest rail disaster killed 57 people when a passenger train slammed into an oncoming cargo train. The tragedy shocked the country, with many of the victims being university students.

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Greece Strike
Greece Strike | Photo: AP/Michael Varaklas

Protesters shout slogans during a rally in Athens, Greece.

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Greece Strike | Photo: AP/Michael Varaklas

Tourists take a photo of the announcement of a strike outside the Syntagma metro station in central Athens, Greece.

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Greece Strike | Photo: AP/Michael Varaklas

The main train station is closed during a strike in Athens, Greece.

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Greece Strike | Photo: AP/Michael Varaklas

Ferries are docked during a strike at the port of Piraeus near Athens.

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Greece Strike | Photo: AP/Michael Varaklas

Ferries are docked during a strike at the port of Piraeus near Athens.

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Greece Strike
Greece Strike | Photo: AP/Michael Varaklas

Two men sit on a bench as the ferries are docked at the port of Piraeus near Athens, during a strike.

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