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Rail transport in Greece has a history which began in 1869, with the completion of the then Athens & Piraeus Railway. From the 1880s to the 1920s, the majority of the network was built, reaching its heyday in 1940. From the 1950s onward, the railway system entered a period of decline, culminating in the service cuts of 2011.
The Athens Suburban Railway (Greek: Προαστιακός Αθηνών, romanized: Proastiakós Athínon), [3] officially the Athens Suburban and Regional Railway, [4] is a commuter rail service that connects the city of Athens and its metropolitan area with other places in Attica, Boeotia, Corinthia and the city of Chalcis in Euboea.
OSE Headquarters 1–3 Karolou St., 104 37, Athens. The Hellenic Railways Organisation or OSE (Greek: Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδος, romanized: Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados or Greek: Ο.Σ.Ε.) is the Greek national railway company which owns, maintains and operates all railway infrastructure in Greece with the exception of Athens' rapid transit lines.
dual gauge: 23 km (14 mi) combined 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauges (three rail system) (2004) The state-owned company that owns and maintains Greece's railway network is OSE , Gaiose also a state-owned company owns and maintains railway stations, while Hellenic Train is the company responsible for ...
Hellenic Train operates three types of regional rail passenger services which include "Regular" trains (Greek: Κοινή αμαξοστοιχία, regular/common train), Express trains (Greek: Ταχεία) and Intercity (IC) trains. The regular rail service is the slowest, with trains making frequent stops, while it is also the cheapest ...
Athens Suburban Railway map c.2012, in English and Greek. The concept of regular and frequent suburban and commuter rail services was introduced in Greece in the 1990s. It became possible due to extra capacity becoming available through improvements to the existing lines and the construction of new ones.
Hellenic State Railways or SEK (Greek: Σιδηρόδρομοι Ελληνικού Κράτους, Sidirodromi Ellinikou Kratous; Σ.Ε.Κ.) was a Greek public sector entity (legal person of public law, Greek: Ν.Π.Δ.Δ.) which was established on 18 March 1920 by the law 2144/20 and operated most Greek railway lines until 1970.
Line A3 is an Athens Suburban Railway (Proastiakos) line in Athens, Greece, managed by Hellenic Train.The service connects Athens with Chalcis.The line shares a part of its course with lines A1 and A4 out of Athens railway station, as well as Metro Line 3, but also with line A2 at Acharnes Railway Center.