Traffic circulation was restored in Athens late on Thursday following several protest rallies over Tuesday's deadly train accident.

However, traffic is still heavy on major Athens roads, especially on Kifissos, Vassilissis Sofias, and Kifissias Avenues, the latter on the direction heading to Athens.

Among the protests was a rally outside Hellenic Train's offices and a march to Parliament, organized by the Piraeus Labor Center, despite pouring rain. A minute-long silence was held outside the company's officers and a poem read, while the Center's president Markos Bekris delivered remarks on the train accident. "We don't want funerals at public expense; we want life and security," he said, and called for a popular uprising to demand the protection of life.

In Attiki metro station, a group of marchers threw petrol bombs, flares, and various objects at police. The incidents died down without roundups to police stations.

In Thessaloniki, the destination of the passenger train that collided with a freight train, university students, artists, and leftist organizaiotns held a protest march from Kamara (Arch) to near the new railroad station, where people threw torches at police, which in turn made use of teargas. Some also threw objects at the police department on Dodekanissou street. The march ended up at the Venizelos statue, and there were no more incidents or roundups.