Chemin de fer Hellenique
This page is still under construction and it is purely for fun and hobby.
There are no commercial intentions at all behind it.
The main goal of uploading this page into the world-wide web is to satisfy the needs of few railfans, modellers, travellers and
enthusiasts, who might be interested in the below provided text and picture material concerning the Hellenic railways.
The pictures have been mainly extracted from my latest private Rail-CD edition.
This page is in no way related to any of the here mentioned official railway organizations.
The names of the destinations below have been written as they are pronounced by the local inhabitants.
I want to express my gratitude and I thank again everyone, who helped me in preparing this page.
In some cases the picture gallery has been linked to other sites and therefore the names of the copyright owners
or of the photographers have been included as reference for the credits.
Please, warn me, in case I have unintentionally violated any international copyright law.
Those pictures with poor quality will be replaced later and the current page layout is only a temporary solution.
I tried my best, but nobody is perfect and therefore,
please, correct me, not only if few city names are misedited but also if any other information on this page is not up-to-date.
The latest update has been made on 15th Oct. 1999.
| Passenger Cars | Sighting
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| Type | Doors (each side) | Windows (each side) | Painting | Location | Date | Photographer | Comment
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| ? | | | | ? | ? | ? | Thessaloniki | July 1996 | Johannis Likos |
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| Mixed Cars | Sighting
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| Type | Doors (each side) | Windows (each side) | Painting | Location | Date | Photographer | Comment
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| ? | | | | ? | ? | ? | Thessaloniki | July 1996 | Johannis Likos |
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| Mail Cars | Sighting
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| Type | Doors (each side) | Windows (each side) | Painting | Location | Date | Photographer | Comment
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| Short | 1+1 | 1+4+1 | Dark Green | Thessaloniki | July 1996 | Johannis Likos |
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| Long | 1+1 | 1+4+1 | Dark Green | Thessaloniki | July 1996 | Johannis Likos |
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| Freight Cars | Sighting
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| Type | Painting | Location | Date | Photographer | Comment
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| Fuel Container | Corrosion Brown | Thessaloniki | July 1996 | Johannis Likos | Raw and
refined liquid fuel (oil, gazoline, diesel) for E.K.O. (former Esso Pappas)
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| Other Goods Containers | | | | OSE |
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Railway Stations
Maps
Buildings
Platforms
Other Items
Network
Facilities
Due to the mountainous geographical situation of Peloponnissos and difficult access via the Isthmos at Korinthos
the engineers have build a more narrow track network with 1000mm gauge.
The railroad from the capital on the mainland to Patra is extremely essential,
because it ist the only direct rail/ferry connection to Italy (Bari, Brindisi, Ancona)
and it creates a link between the ports Pireas and Patra.
Currently only the route between Thessaloniki and Idomeni has so far electrification, but there are also
other projects in progress concerning improvements of the hellenic railroad services financed partly by the EU.
There are also talks and proposals between governments and railway organizations of the Balkan countries in order
to build up faster train connections for business travellers in the south-eastern european region.
History
Long before the Balkan conflict there were for many years two express connections, which were especially in the summer period overbooked and preferred by the young Interrailers:
| Akropolis Express Hellas Express
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| Greece | ex-Yugoslavia | Austria | ex-Western Germany
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| Pireas | Jevjelija | Villach | Freilassing
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| Athina | Titov Veles | Salzburg | Rosenheim
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| Larissa | Skopje | | München
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| Thessaloniki | Nis | | Augsburg
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| Idomeni | Beograd | | Ulm
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| Zagreb | | Stuttgart
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| Ljubljana | | Ludwigshafen
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| Jesenize | | Mainz
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| | | Koblenz
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| | | Bonn
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| | | Köln
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| | | Duisburg
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| | | Dortmund
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Routes
Read about the routes in detail directly from the OSE web pages.
Here an overview of the most important routes:
Timetable
Read the timetable directly from the OSE web pages or ask at the nearest OSE travel agency for specific summer or winter timetable and possible domestic and international destinations.
Addresses
On the following list have been collected mail addresses, phone numbers and fax numbers for business travellers, tourists,
railfans and other interested people.
Headoffice
Some other offices around Athens to contact for reservations.
Subsidiary
Thessaloniki
Main Passenger Railway Station at Monastiriou Street
Information Office Tel.: +30-31-517517, Tel.: +30-31-517518
International Bus Connections Tel.: +30-31-538367
Reservations
Additionally reservations can be made at any travel agency, which carries the OSE logo on the window and which
has authorization to sell OSE tickets.
Ask for special price offers (only for EU citizens, students and disabled individuals).
Museums
Athens Railway Museum
Siokou St. 4 / Liosion St. 301 (few kilometers in northern direction from the Larissa railway station)
GR-10443 Athina
Tel.: +30-1-5246580
Terminology
On the railway stations in Greece or in the OSE timetables the foreign traveller or railfan will find a lot of greek expressions,
which can not be found in any ordinary dictionary, especially the technical expressions.
Therefore a draft dictionary in graphical format (because not all netsurfers own the TrueType HellasTimes fonts)
has been prepared in order to provide all necessary translations in english and german languages.
Additionally in the transliteration the accentuation has been marked in bold or underlined letters for better pronounciation
while communicating with native Greeks.
For more technical details of the hellenic rolling stock, please, read the following linked pages:
Links
Others
Lines in the urban area of Athina and Pireas
(METPO, Underground, Subway, Metro, U-Bahn)
Real sound from Greek diesel locomotives recorded in the summer heat and offered on the compact disc by Rolf Stumpf.
For all of us who want the direct contact with the head office of the OSE and with the Ministry of Transportation.
Links to other Hellenic Train Model Pages
trainmodels.gr
Any comments mail to: likosjo@dlc.fi