Patras railway station

Patras railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Πατρών, romanized: Sidirodromikos Stathmos Patron) is a railway station in Patras in the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located in the centre of the city, beside the north port. Built in 1954, it previously served as the terminus for the lines from Athens and Kalamata. Since the suspension of regional services on the metre-gauge railways of the Peloponnese in 2011,[1] the station is used only by local Proastiakos trains which currently connect the city with the suburbs of Rio and Kaminia.[2] Pending the completion of the Athens Airport–Patras railway, it is also the starting point of TrainOSE bus lines to Aigio, Diakopto and Kiato, where connecting train services to Athens Airport and Piraeus (via Athens central railway station) are available.[3] Diakopto is also the terminus of the unique rack railway to Kalavryta.

Πάτρα
Patra
Patras railway station, view from the railway tracks (2018)
LocationPatras
Greece
Coordinates38.2498°N 21.7351°E / 38.2498; 21.7351
Owned byOSE
Line(s)Piraeus–Patras railway and
Patras–Kyparissia railway
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Train operatorsTrainOSE
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled access
Other information
Websitehttp://www.ose.gr/en/ (Hellenic Railways Organization)
History
Opened1954
ElectrifiedNo
Services
Preceding station   Proastiakos   Following station
Agios Andreas
Terminus
Line 1
Panachaiki
toward Rio
Location
Patras
Location within Greece

Station building

The station lies in central Patras between Othonos-Amalias Avenue and the north port. It is a small building, typical of the 1950s without any modern facilities. Beside the station there is a restaurant and a cafeteria. There is only one platform and two meter gauge rail tracks. After the completion of the new railway line[4] the station will move to another more spacious building but still there are no publicly available data regarding the location and the architectural design of the new station.

Within a few meters distance from the station, there is the Patras Railway Museum open-air showroom[5] which hosts a very old locomotive of the Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways (SPAP) No. Zs 7.532[6][7]

Services

The station is served by the Agios Andreas–Rio line of the Proastiakos, with another line running from the Agios Andreas terminus to Kaminia pending the extension to Kato Achaia.[2] Rail services are provided by OSE trains (Stadler GTW 2/6 diesel two-car units). The trains run every hour daily, from 6:23 in the morning until 23:23 in the evening.[8] The Agios Andreas–Rio route has two bus connections at Kastellokampos—to Agios Vasileios and the General University Hospital of Patras via the University of Patras.[8]

  • Exterior view of Patras railway station (May 2018)
  • The revamped old locomotive near Patras railway station (Patras Railway Museum showroom) (May 2018)
  • Patras railway station in 1981

References
  1. "ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ: Διακοπή δρομολογίων και αύξηση κομίστρων | naftemporiki.gr". Naftemporiki (in Greek). Athens. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. "Map of Patras suburban railway" (PDF). Athens: TrainOSE. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. "BUSES PATRAS-KIATO-PATRAS" (PDF). Athens: TrainOSE. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. Rion-New port of Patras new railway line project information, ERGOSE official website (2018)
  5. Patras Railway Museum Showroom, OSE official website
  6. The revamped old locomotive of OSE at Patras (05/12/2016) (in Greek)
  7. Video of the painting of the old locomotive, thebest.gr (02/11/2016)
  8. "Patras Suburban Railway". Athens: TrainOSE. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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