Piraeus–Patras railway

Piraeus–Patras railway
Piraeus–Patras railway
	Patras railway station
Overview
Status	Closed
Owner	OSE
Locale	Greece (Attica,; Peloponnese, West Greece)
Termini	Agioi Anargyroi 38.0297°N 23.7180°E; Patras 38.2498°N 21.7351°E;
Service
Operator(s)	Hellenic Train
Technical
Line length	230 km (140 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track, ; Agioi Anargyroi–Eleusis double track[1]
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	no [1]
Route map
	Piraeus–Platy railway
	to Larissa
	Athens Airport–Patras railway
	to Athens Airport
	Athens Airport–Patras railway
	to Kiato
	Diakopto–Kalavryta railway
	to Kalavryta
	Patras–Pyrgos railway
	to Pyrgos
	Source[2][3]

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 It has mostly been replaced by the Athens Airport–Patras railway, a new standard-gauge line whose first section opened in 2004 and which remains under construction between Aigio and Patras.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]

Main stations

Athens Peloponnese railway station

The main stations on the Piraeus–Patras railway were:

Services

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

"OSE - 2020 Network Statement Annexes".
"OSE - 2020 Network Statement Annexes".
"Proastiakos Patras schedule 2013".
"Suburban of Patras map" (PDF). Athens: Hellenic Train. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

External links

OSE

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[OSE-1] "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.