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 Athens, Piraeus with Patras in the Peloponnese peninsula, via Athens "Peloponnese" central station 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 It has mostly been replaced by the Athens Airport–Patras railway, a new standard-gauge line whose first section opened in 2004 and which remains under construction between Aigio and Patras.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.

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 / 38.0297; 23.7180 Patras 38.2498°N 21.7351°E / 38.2498; 21.7351
Service
Operator(s)	Hellenic Train
Technical
Line length	230 km (140 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track, Agioi Anargyroi–Eleusis double track
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	no
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 Elefsina 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–Kyparissia railway to Pyrgos km Source

Main stations

Athens Peloponnese railway station

The main stations on the Piraeus–Patras railway were:

• Piraeus Peloponnese
• Athens Peloponnese
• Corinth
• Patras
• Rio

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 Kato Achaia, operate on the adjacent Patras–Kyparissia railway.

External links

• OSE