BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3724 HINA ZAGREB, AUGUST 18

HR-TRAINS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3724 HINA ZAGREB, AUGUST 18 ENGINE DRIVERS' UNION TO REDUCE TRAINS' SPEED BY 50KM/HZAGREB, Aug 18 (Hina) - The Croatian Engine Drivers' Trade Union on Friday announced it would reduce the trains' speed by 50km/h starting September 1 until the crime and finance polices and competent parties in the Croatian Railways (HZ) management and the transportation ministry consider the situation in HZ and transportation security on Croatia's railways. The union's vice president, Ivan Tolic, called a press conference today in the wake of Thursday evening's railway accident at the Banova Jaruga station, where two cars of a cargo train were derailed. Tolic said the latest accident only confirmed the continuity in similar accidents, as well as the fact that security in transportation was below the satisfactory level. Commissions of inquiry were established after recent accidents in Kutina and Koprivnica, but according to Tolic, they have still not