Alexandroupoli railway station

Alexandroupoli railway station or Alexandroupoli Port railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Λιμένα Αλεξανδρούπολης, romanized: Sidirodromikos Stathmos Limena Alexandroupolis) is a 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.

Αλεξανδρούπολη
Alexandroupoli
Alexandroupoli station July 2012
LocationAlexandroupoli
Evros
Greece
Coordinates40°50′42″N 25°52′45″E
Owned byOSE
Line(s)
  Regional
Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli railway, Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad railway[1]
Platforms2
Tracks3
Train operatorsTrainOSE
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Disabled access
Other information
Websitehttp://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened1874
Services
Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station
toward Thessaloniki
IntercityTerminus
TerminusRegional
toward Ormenio
Location
Alexandroupoli
Location within Greece

History

The station opened in 1874.

Facilities

The station has waiting rooms, and toilets.

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 services such as the " Friendship Express " for Istanbul via Pythion have been stopped since 2011.[2]

As of 2020, the Thomas Cook European Timetable notes that the station is served by two daily trains from and to Thessaloniki, and by three pairs of regular trains to Dikaia. There are currently no day-time through trains to/from Athens. International services such as the "Friendship Express" to Istanbul via Pythion remain suspended since 2011.[3] Also, there are currently no regular passenger services to Bulgaria.

Between July 2005 and February 2011 the Friendship Express, (an international InterCity train jointly operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and TrainOSE S.A. linking Istanbul's Sirkeci Terminal, Turkey and Thessaloniki, Greece) made scheduled stops at Alexandroupoli.

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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