Alexandroupoli railway station

Αλεξανδρούπολη
Alexandroupoli
Terminus
Alexandroupoli station July 2012
Location Alexandroupoli
Evros
Greece
Coordinates 40°50′42″N 25°52′45″E / 40.8451°N 25.8793°E / 40.8451; 25.8793Coordinates: 40°50′42″N 25°52′45″E / 40.8451°N 25.8793°E / 40.8451; 25.8793
Owned by OSE
Line(s) Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli railway, Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad railway[1]
Platforms 2
Tracks 3
Train operators TrainOSE
Construction
Structure type at-grade
Disabled access

Other information
Website http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened 1874
Services
Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station
Kirki
toward Thessaloniki
IntercityTerminus
TerminusIntercity
Feres
toward Ormenio
Location
Alexandroupoli
Location within Greece

Alexandroupoli railway station or Alexandroupoli Port railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Λιμένα Αλεξανδρούπολης, Sidirodromikos Stathmos Limena Alexandroupolis) is the railway station of Alexandroupoli in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located in near the city centre of Alexandroupoli at the Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad railway. Trains coming from Thessaloniki have to reverse for a few hundred meters to reach the station.

History

The station opened in 1874

Services

The station is served by InterCity routes to and from Thessaloniki, and from three conventional train services to Dikaia on a daily basis. International flights such as the so-called " Expression of Friendship " for Istanbul via Pythion have been stopped since 2011.[2]

As of 2015, the station is served by a single InterCity pair from and to Thessaloniki, a daily regular train pair from and to Athens via Thessaloniki and by three pairs of regular trains to Dikaia, all on a daily basis. International services such as the so-called "Friendship Express" to Istanbul via Pythion however remain suspended since 2011.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes".
  2. ↑ 2014 Timetable Athens-Thessaloniki-Alexandroupoli-Dikaia
  3. ↑ "2014/15 Intercity schedule" (PDF). TrainOSE. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
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