Piraeus–Patras railway

The railway from Piraeus to Patras was a 230-kilometre long metre-gauge railway line in Greece that connected the port of Piraeus with Patras in the Peloponnese peninsula, via Athens and Corinth. It was opened between 1884 and 1887. Formerly one of the main lines of the Greek railway network, it has now largely fallen into disuse. It has mostly been replaced by the Athens Airport–Patras railway, a new standard-gauge line whose first section opened in 2004 and which remains under construction between Aigio and Patras. The 13 km section between Piraeus and Agioi Anargyroi, a northern suburb of Athens, has since been removed and replaced by the corresponding section of the upgraded Piraeus–Platy railway. As of 2020, the only sections in operation are the 22.5 km section between Agioi Anargyroi and Eleusis, and the 7.3 km section between Rio and Patras.[1]

Piraeus–Patras railway
Patras railway station
Overview
Status	Closed
Owner	OSE
Locale	Greece (Attica, Peloponnese, West Greece)
Termini	Agioi Anargyroi 38.0297°N 23.7180°E Patras 38.2498°N 21.7351°E
Service
Operator(s)	TrainOSE
Technical
Line length	230 km (140 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track, Agioi Anargyroi–Eleusis double track[1]
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ^3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	no [1]
Route map km 0.0 Piraeus Peloponnese Piraeus Lefka 3.1 Rentis 6.2 Rouf Athens 8.5 Athens Peloponnese Piraeus–Platy railway to Larissa 13.1 Agioi Anargyroi Athens Airport–Patras railway to Athens Airport Athens Airport–Patras railway 35.6 Eleusis 56.0 Megara Athens Airport–Patras railway 70.4 Kineta Athens Airport–Patras railway to Kiato 78.9 Agioi Theodoroi 93.0 Isthmos 99.5 Corinth to Kalamata 120.2 Kiato 133.5 Xylokastro 162.0 Akrata Diakopto–Kalavryta railway to Kalavryta 176.8 Diakopto 190.5 Aigio 197.0 Selianitika 219.6 Agios Vasileios 222.9 Rio 224.5 Kastellokampos 225.9 Bozaitika Agyia 228.7 Panachaiki 230.2 Patras Patras–Pyrgos railway to Pyrgos km Source[2][3]

Main stations

Athens Peloponnese station

The main stations on the Piraeus–Patras railway were:

• Piraeus station
• Athens Peloponnese station
• Corinth railway station (old)
• Patras railway station

Services

Since 2009, services have ceased on most of the Piraeus–Patras railway. The only remaining passenger service is Line 1 of the Proastiakos (commuter rail) service between Rio and Patras. The final section of Line 1, between Patras and Agios Andreas, and the entirety of Line 2, between Agios Andreas and Kaminia, operate on the adjacent Patras–Kyparissia railway.[4]

References

1. "OSE - 2020 Network Statement Annexes".
2. "OSE - 2020 Network Statement Annexes".
3. "Proastiakos Patras schedule 2013".
4. "Map of Patras suburban railway" (PDF). Athens: TrainOSE. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

External links

• OSE