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Map of the EuroVelo 8 route. EuroVelo 8 (EV8), named the Mediterranean Route , is a 7,560 km (4,700 mi) long EuroVelo long-distance cycling route running from Cadiz , Spain to Athens , Greece, and then continuing to İzmir , Turkey and to the island of Cyprus .
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.
Hellenic Train S.A., formerly TrainOSE S.A. (Greek: ΤραινΟΣΕ Α.Ε.), is a private railway company in Greece which operates passenger and freight trains on OSE lines. Hellenic Train employs train crews, operators and manages most of the rail services throughout the Greek railway network, leasing rolling stock owned by GAIAOSE except for ...
In 1970 OSE became the legal successor to the SEK, taking over responsibility for most of Greece's rail infrastructure. On 1 January 1971 the station, and most of the Greek rail infrastructure, was transferred to the Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation. Freight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly ...
A3 motorway (Central Greece Motorway, part of the E65, partially complete) A5 motorway (Ionia Odos, partially complete): 196 km (122 mi) Rio–Antirrio bridge 2,880 metre long (9,449 ft) (2nd longest cable bridge in Europe; A52 motorway; A6 motorway (Attiki Odos): 69.7 km (43.3 mi) A62 motorway; A621 motorway; A64 motorway
Map showing the Greek railway system c.1901–1902. 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.
The railways of Greece. Wilfried F. Sims. ISBN 0-9528881-1-4. Contains brief history, simple line maps and extensive list of rolling stock until 1997. Collin Boocock; David Haydock (August 2002). "The Railways of Greece - The Greek fleet". Today's Railways Europe (80). Sheffield, UK: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd: 24– 25. ISSN 1354-2753.
On lines currently operated by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE), signalling was not installed until World War II. There were few trains running and all traffic control was performed by the station masters (Greek: Σταθμάρχης). They controlled trains by hand signals and whistles and also delivered written orders to the train ...