Aitoliko–Katochi railway

Aitoliko–Katochi railway
Overview
Native name σιδηροδρομική γραμμή Αιτωλικού–Κατοχής
Stations 12
Operation
Opened 1912
Closed 1943
Technical
Line length 10.01 km (6.22 mi)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
Electrification none
Route map
km
0.00 AitolikoAgrinio–Kryoneri Line
East Aitoliko Bridge
0.80 Aitoliko Entry (Eisodos Aitolikou)
1.00 Aitolikou Square (Plateia Aitolikou)
1.20 Aitoliko Town (Aitoliko Poli)
West Aitoliko Bridge
3.10 Agios Athanasios
4.10 Gouria Road (Odos Gourias)
7.10 Km 7.1
8.30 Neochori Entry (Eisodos Neochoriou)
8.61 Neochori
9.00 Mylos Neochoriou
9.50 Magoula Road (Odos Magoulas)
10.01 Katochi

The Aitoliko–Katochi railway (Greek: σιδηροδρομική γραμμή Αιτωλικού–Κατοχής) was a metre gauge railway line of the Railways of Northwestern Greece. The line branched off the Kryoneri–Agrinio railway at Aitoliko station.

The line first opened in 1912 and united the city and the island of Aitoliko with the rest of the country on both sides of the lagoon via the two bridges which still serve the island and the city today. At the time, they were of mixed traffic (railroad and road). Katochi Station was located on the bank of the river Acheloos, across from the settlement of Katochi.

The line shut down except for freight services in 1943 by the Italian occupying forces who scraped it away, using the material to extend the Kryoneri–Agrinio line to Amfilochia. This construction began but was never completed due to the Italian surrender in early September. Very few traces remain today of the Aitoliko–Katochi line.

References

  • Σύλλογος Φίλων του Σιδηροδρόμου (1997). Οι Ελληνικοί Σιδηρόδρομοι: Η διαδρομή τους από το 1869 έως σήμερα (in Greek). Athens: Militos. ISBN 9608460077.
  • Οι Σιδηρόδρομοι της Κεντρικής Ελλάδας (1869-1969) (in Greek). Kalamaria: Christos Kalemkeris Photo Museum. 2005. ISBN 9608794617.

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