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Its services were transferred to Larissis Station upon the opening of the Suburban Railway line to Corinth on 27 September 2005. [9] [10] In 2005, TrainOSE was created as a brand within OSE to concentrate on rail services and passenger interface. In 2008, all Athens Suburban Railway services were transferred from OSE to TrainOSE.
The Athens Suburban Railway (Greek: Προαστιακός Αθήνας, romanized: Proastiakós Athínas), officially the Athens Suburban and Regional Railway, [3] 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.
Line A1 is an Athens Suburban Railway (Proastiakos) line in Athens, Greece, managed by Hellenic Train.The service connects Piraeus with the Airport.The line shares a part of its course with lines A2 and A4 as well as Metro line 3, but also with line A3 at Athens.
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 Tram system; The Athens Metro with 3 lines. Transport for Athens also coordinates the Athens Suburban Railway, using Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) lines, operated by Hellenic Train S.A. under the Proastiakos brand. The section between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi is regarded as the urban part.
Pages in category "Railway stations in Athens" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. P.
On 1 February 2018, the electrification of the Piraeus-Athens Central station section of the network was completed. The Athens Suburban Railway was extended to Aigio in 2020. [14] In October 2021 it was announced [15] Network improvements between SKA and Oinoi to improve current services and upgrade existing infrastructure would be carried out.
Athens railways network (Metro, Suburban Railway and Tram) Athens is the country's major transportation hub. The city has Greece's largest airport and its largest port; Piraeus, too, is the largest container transport port in the Mediterranean, and the largest passenger port in Europe.