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===Kalamata - Asprochoma - Messini=== | ===Kalamata - Asprochoma - Messini=== | ||
ERA1(106B1) GR15/1 | |||
Every September since official closure of the line in 2009, special trains have run from Kalamata to Messini in connection with the Messinian Feast and litany of the miraculous image of Virgin Mary of the Monastery of Voulkano. The icon is taken from the monastery at 02:00 on 20 September and officially received in Messini at 09:30. The festival lasts 9 days until 28 September and trains run throughout this period: the first train from Kalamata is at 14:35. Thereafter trains leave Messini on the hour until 23:00. | Every September since official closure of the line in 2009, special trains have run from Kalamata to Messini in connection with the Messinian Feast and litany of the miraculous image of Virgin Mary of the Monastery of Voulkano. The icon is taken from the monastery at 02:00 on 20 September and officially received in Messini at 09:30. The festival lasts 9 days until 28 September and trains run throughout this period: the first train from Kalamata is at 14:35. Thereafter trains leave Messini on the hour until 23:00. | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 21 December 2014
Introduction
This list is based on the 2013 timetable, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.
Obscure services
Services on the Peloponnese peninsula
Most, if not all, of the metre gauge services on the Peloponnese peninsula were withdrawn during the financial crisis in 2010. However the following routes do currently carry a service:-
- Patra Suburban Railway Agios Andreas - Patra - Rio - Agios Vasileios
- Katakolo - Pyrgos - Olympia Katakolo - Pyrgos - Alfios - Olympia
After running a number of successful enthusiast trips over other parts of the metre gauge network in 2012 and 2013, TrainOSE may operate more such trips. Details may be available in the Tourism & Culture section of the TrainOSE website].
Kalamata - Asprochoma - Messini
ERA1(106B1) GR15/1
Every September since official closure of the line in 2009, special trains have run from Kalamata to Messini in connection with the Messinian Feast and litany of the miraculous image of Virgin Mary of the Monastery of Voulkano. The icon is taken from the monastery at 02:00 on 20 September and officially received in Messini at 09:30. The festival lasts 9 days until 28 September and trains run throughout this period: the first train from Kalamata is at 14:35. Thereafter trains leave Messini on the hour until 23:00.
Other sparse services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally) - fewer than five trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday.
- Thessaloniki – Idomeni – Gevgelija (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Strymon – Kulata (Bulgaria):
- Thessaloniki – Alexandroupolis – Dikaia
- Edessa – Florina
- Palaeofarsalos – Kalambaka
- Diakopto – Kalavryta
Deletions since the previous edition
- (Díkaia/Díkea –) Ormenion – Svilengrad (Bulgaria): service withdrawn
- Pythio – Uzunkopru (Turkey): service withdrawn
- Argos – Nafplio: line closed
- Isthmos – Loutraki: line closed
