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During the twentieth century, especially in the first half, Athens station was the terminus for some international trains, such as an Express to Berlin (departing from the former Anhalter Bahnhof) or the "Arlberg" [21] route of the Orient Express (London-Athens via Paris-Zürich-Vienna-Budapest-Belgrade-Skopje), in service until 1962 and then ...
On 3 August 2018, a Stylida-bound train derailed at the station. No deaths and only two injuries resulted. The train left the tracks and collided with a wall of a building as it entered the station. Initial reports indicate an unknown person in the control room had switched the points, sending the train straight into the building. [45]
Line 2 is one of two modern metro lines, along with Line 3 that were built to reduce traffic congestion in the Athens urban area.Both lines were opened on 28 January 2000, with Line 2 initially running between Sepolia and Syntagma: the initial section of Line 2 included an interchange with Hellenic Train services (then operated directly by the Hellenic Railways Organisation) at Larissa Station ...
Railway network in Greece: main, secondary, under construction/disused. This article shows a list of railway stations in Greece. Currently (as of 2023), around 210 railway stations in Greece see a daily rail service. GAIAOSE [1] [2] manages and owns all railway stations in Greece, not including metro stations or Athens Airport station.
The first railway signalling in Greece was installed on the Athens–Piraeus Railway at the turn of the 20th century, when semaphores and boards were added with the line's electrification. Other Greek trains at that time were controlled by signals given manually by station masters.
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Larissa (/ l ə ˈ r ɪ s ə /; Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa, pronounced ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 148,562 in the city proper, according to the 2021 census. [2] It is also capital of the Larissa regional unit.
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. [4]