Patras–Kyparissia railway

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Patras–Kyparissia
railway

Legend

Piraeus–Patras railway
to Piraeus

230.2

Patras

231.5

0.0

Agios Andreas

2.9

Glafkos

10.0

Vrachnaiika

15.1

Kaminia

18.0

Alissos

Peiros

20.6

Kato Achaia

30.1

Sageika

35.0

Lappas

41.0

Nea Manolada

43.9

Varda

51.3

Kourtesi

57.8

Lechaina

61.1

Andravida

64.6

Kavasila

Kavasila–Kyllini railway
to Kyllini

65.2

Pineios

67.0

72.2

77.4

83.4

86.4

87.8

91.2

94.9

to Katakolo

98.7

0.0

1.5

4.0

6.0

7.2

Alfeios

to Olympia

8.8

12.5

17.9

21.7

24.8

29.4

34.6

37.3

40.0

45.5

Neda

47.7

Elaia

50.5

Agiannakis

56.5

Kalo Nero

to Zevgolateio

63.0

Kyparissia

The Patras–Kyparissia railway (Greek: Σιδηροδρομική Γραμμή Πάτρας - Κυπαρισσίας) is a railway line of the OSE in Achaea, Elis, and Messenia, southwestern Greece. This 163 km long single track metre-gauge line connects Patras, Pyrgos and Kyparissia.^[1]

Connections

The Patras–Kyparissia railway is connected to the following other railway lines:

at Patras to the Piraeus–Patras railway
at Kavasila to the (abandoned) Kavasila–Kyllini railway
at Pyrgos to Katakolo^[1]
at Alfeios to Olympia^[1]
at Kalo Nero to Zevgolateio^[1]

There was a ferry connection from Patras to Kryoneri, the southern terminus of the (now abandoned) railway line to Missolonghi and Agrinio.

History

Construction of the line was started in May 1887. The first section from Patras to Kato Achaia was opened in 1888, and to Pyrgos in 1890. Kyparissia was reached in 1902.^{[citation needed]} Since January 2011, passenger traffic on most of the line has been suspended.^[2]

Current use

Currently, only two sections of the railway are in use:

Patras–Agios Andreas (as part of the Patras suburban railway)^[3]
Pyrgos–Alfeios (tourist trains from Katakolo to Olympia)^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes".
^ "Announcement OSE". Archived from the original on 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
^ TrainOSE Patras Suburban Railway
^ TrainOSE brochure Katakolo-Olympia