Piraeus–Patras railway

The railway from Piraeus to Patras was a 230-kilometre long metre-gauge railway line in Greece that connected the port of Athens, Piraeus with Patras in the Peloponnese peninsula, via Athens "Peloponnese" central station and Corinth. It was opened between 1884 and 1887. Formerly one of the main lines of the Greek railway network, it has now largely fallen into disuse. It has mostly been replaced by the Athens Airport–Patras railway, a new standard-gauge line whose first section opened in 2004 and which remains under construction between Aigio and Patras. The 13 km section between Piraeus and Agioi Anargyroi, a northern suburb of Athens, has since been removed and replaced by the corresponding section of the upgraded Piraeus–Platy railway. As of 2020, the only sections in operation are the 22.5 km section between Agioi Anargyroi and Eleusis, and the 7.3 km section between Rio and Patras.[1]

Piraeus–Patras railway
Patras railway station
Overview
StatusClosed
OwnerOSE
LocaleGreece (Attica,
Peloponnese, West Greece)
Termini
Service
Operator(s)Hellenic Train
Technical
Line length230 km (140 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track,
Agioi Anargyroi–Eleusis double track[1]
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Electrificationno [1]
Route map

km
0.0
Piraeus Peloponnese
Piraeus Athens MetroAthens Metro Line 1
Lefka
3.1
Rentis
6.2
Rouf
Athens
8.5
Athens Peloponnese
13.1
Agioi Anargyroi
35.6
Elefsina
56.0
Megara
70.4
Kineta
78.9
Agioi Theodoroi
93.0
Isthmos
99.5
Corinth
to Kalamata
120.2
Kiato
133.5
Xylokastro
162.0
Akrata
176.8
Diakopto
190.5
Aigio
197.0
Selianitika
219.6
Agios Vasileios
222.9
Rio
224.5
Kastellokampos
225.9
Bozaitika
Agyia
228.7
Panachaiki
230.2
Patras
km
Source[2][3]

Main stations

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Athens Peloponnese railway station

The main stations on the Piraeus–Patras railway were:

Services

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Since 2009, services have ceased on most of the Piraeus–Patras railway. The only remaining passenger service is Line 1 of the Proastiakos (commuter rail) service between Rio and Patras. The final section of Line 1, between Patras and Agios Andreas, and the entirety of Line 2, between Agios Andreas and Kato Achaia, operate on the adjacent Patras–Kyparissia railway.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "OSE - 2020 Network Statement Annexes".
  2. ^ "OSE - 2020 Network Statement Annexes".
  3. ^ "Proastiakos Patras schedule 2013".
  4. ^ "Suburban of Patras map" (PDF). Athens: Hellenic Train. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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