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The new spacious bus station is going to have a surface of 66,400 m 2 (715,000 sq ft) and will serve 15 million passengers annually. The new station will be next to Eleonas Metro stop on Line 3 providing connecting access to central Athens, Piraeus port and Athens International Airport.
The new line extended from Volos station through Volos city centre (as a tramway) to Agria (1892), reaching Ano Lechonia in 1896 and Mileai (Milies) in 1903. In 1955 Thessaly Railways was absorbed into Hellenic State Railways (SEK). [8]
In 1960 the line from Larissa to Volos was converted to standard gauge and connected through Larissa to the mainline from Athens to Thessaloniki, allowing through services to Volos from Athens and Thessaloniki. The new railway station was inaugurated on 26 August 1962 [12] at a cost of cost 6,500,000 drachmas (€19.075.58 as of 2022). [7]
In 1960 the line from Larissa to Volos was converted to standard gauge and connected through Larissa to the mainline from Athens to Thessaloniki, allowing OSE to run through services to Volos from Athens and Thessaloniki. Volos station was converted to dual gauge in order to accommodate trains of the two branches. Parts of the station and the ...
Trunk Routes Number Route Route Type Length (in km) Stops Operating Hours Daily Trips Avg. Frequency Map A1 A1 [2]Piraeus-Voula: Trunk: 45.2 122 5:00-0:00 (Mon-Sun)
Construction of the metre-gauge railway began in 1882, and the line was inaugurated on 22 April 1884 as part of the private-owned company Thessaly Railways. [3] The project was designed and led by Italian-born Evaristo de Chirico, father of the famous painter Giorgio de Chirico, and Greek banker Theodoros Mavrogordatos.
It is a cooperation of 62 regional bus companies on the mainland of Greece and its islands. KTEL was founded in 1952, [1] and the combined KTEL fleet numbers 4,199 buses as of 2023. [2] The KTEL companies provide 80% of all passenger transportation in Greece. [1] Interregional transport, e.g. to Athens, is provided by most of the KTEL companies ...
The first trains to run the full 506 kilometres from Athens to Thessaloniki on standard-gauge track marked the completion of the line in 1918, which by then was running entirely on Greek territory. Integration of networks (1920–1970)