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==Deletions since the previous edition==
==Deletions since the previous edition==
GR18/1 Kalamata - Asprochoma - Messini: The Annual services between 20 - 28 September to the Messinian Feast and litany of the miraculous image of Virgin Mary of the Monastery of Voulkano Festival have not run since 2015 due to a track washout.
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| GR18/1
| Kalamata - Asprochoma - Messini
| The annual pilgrimage service has not run since 2015 owing to a track washout
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==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 11:51, 7 December 2018

Introduction

This list is based on the 2017-2018 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Most, if not all, of the metre gauge services on the Peloponnese peninsula were withdrawn during the financial crisis in 2010.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 [Rio - Agios Vasileios suspended from 15 May 2018 for infrastructure works]
  • Katakolo - Pyrgos - Olympia Katakolo - Pyrgos - Alfios - Olympia, limited service is greatly enhanced when Cruise Ships are docked at Katakolo

In 2017 TrainOSE were refusing to run enthusiast specials on the metre gauge system due to condition of the infrastructure. Any changes to this policy may appear in the Tourism & Culture section of the TrainOSE website].

Thessaloniki avoiding line: Axios - Gefira

(62B3; ERA1 105A3) GR19/1

Owing to damage following heavy rainfall in winter 2014/15, the Gallikos river bridge on the Thessaloniki - Idomeni line was closed. On repair passenger trains were banned and freights can only pass at very low speeds so when they ran, international passenger trains 334 and 335 to/from Skopje and Beograd were diverted via this alternative route. See the Idomeni cross border entry for the up to date situation but as at December 2018, GR19/1 has no booked passenger use.

Tithorea - Lianokladi via old main line

(66A3; ERA1 105A4-B4) GR19/2

Since the new main line between Tithorea and Lianokladi was opened in about April 2018, a local service was introduced from 17 July 2018 via the old line, calling at intermediate stations.

1511 06:44 Lianokladi - Athens
SuO 3521 16:37 Lianokladi - Athens
SuO 3520 Athens - 13:08 Tithorea - Lianokladi
1510 Athens - 21:07 Tithorea - Lianokladi

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) Suspended since 21 August 2015. A service was reinstated from 1 June to 1 October 2018 but with the cross-border section by bus.
Strymon – Kulata (Bulgaria) The cross-border section is by bus.
Thessaloniki – Alexandroupolis – Dikaia – Ormenio
Edessa – Florina
Olympia - Pyrgos - Katakolo
Diakopto – Kalavryta

Deletions since the previous edition

GR18/1 Kalamata - Asprochoma - Messini The annual pilgrimage service has not run since 2015 owing to a track washout

See also