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Alexandroupolis is served by Dimokritos International Airport (IATA:AXD) in the suburbs of Apalos, about 6 km from Alexandroupolis city center. There are daily flights to Athens , and several days per week flights to Crete ( Heraklion and Sitia ).
This is a route-map template for the Alexandroupolis–Svilengrad railway, an OSE line in Greece.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
This is a route-map template for the Thessaloniki–Alexandroupolis railway, an OSE line in Greece.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
This is a route-map template for Alexandroupolis railway station, a station in Greece.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Alexandroupolis–Svilengrad railway (Greek: Σιδηροδρομική γραμμή Αλεξανδρούπολης - Σβίλενγκραντ, romanized: Sidiródromos Alexandroúpolis-Svílen'nkrant) is a 178.5 kilometres (110.9 mi) long railway connecting the port of Alexandroupolis in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece with Svilengrad in Bulgaria, via the village of Ormenio.
Alexandropolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξανδρόπολις, romanized: Alexandrópolis, lit. 'Alexander's city' [1]) in the Thracian region of Maedians, was the first town founded by Alexander the Great after he defeated a local Thracian tribe as a regent (Ancient Greek: epitropos) of Macedon in 340 BC. [2]
The capital was originally at Dimetoka (Didymoteicho), but was moved to Dedeağaç (Alexandroupolis) in 1884. Dimetoka itself later returned under the sanjak of Adrianople. [2] It comprised three sub-provinces or kazas, [2] which were further subdivided into nahiyes: [1] Kaza of Dedeağaç (mod. Alexandroupolis): Ferecik, Mekri, Sahinler ...
The capital of the region is Komotini, which by population is the fourth largest city, following Alexandroupolis, Kavala and Xanthi. The region is divided into the Macedonian regional units of Drama , Kavala and Thasos and the Thracian regional units of Xanthi , Rhodope and Evros , which coincide with the territory of the former prefectures ...