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Hellenic Train S.A., formerly TrainOSE S.A. (Greek: ΤραινΟΣΕ Α.Ε.), is a private railway company in Greece which operates passenger and freight trains on OSE lines. Hellenic Train employs train crews, operators and manages most of the rail services throughout the Greek railway network, leasing rolling stock owned by GAIAOSE except for ...
OSE Headquarters 1–3 Karolou St., 104 37, Athens. The Hellenic Railways Organisation or OSE (Greek: Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδος, romanized: Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados or Greek: Ο.Σ.Ε.) is the Greek national railway company which owns, maintains and operates all railway infrastructure in Greece with the exception of Athens' rapid transit lines.
In 2007 and with the departure of the Siemens Desiro Classic from the Greek network, they were launched on the new Athens-Corinth-Kiato dual line. During the following years, they were demoted on local and regional routes on the Athens- Halkida , Athens- Lianokladi - Stylida , Athens- Larissa , Thessaloniki-Larisa-Kalampaka and Larissa-Volos ...
Line A3 runs between Athens and Chalcis, and Line A4 runs between Piraeus and Kiato. [ 30 ] [ 29 ] The train service between Kiato and Aigio is a local Peloponnese service. [ 31 ] The Athens Suburban Railway operates from 4:30 am to midnight daily, and there are 45 stations in the network.
The OSE Class 460 is the first class of electric trainsets in Greece and, together with the 621 class, it is the second most recent series of railcars operated by TRAINOSE after the 3107 class. They are OSE rolling stock and belong to the Desiro Classic generation, while they were manufactured by Siemens in 2006.
Construction of the metre-gauge railway began in 1882, and the line was inaugurated on 22 April 1884 as part of the private-owned company Thessaly Railways. [3] The project was designed and led by Italian-born Evaristo de Chirico , father of the famous painter Giorgio de Chirico , and Greek banker Theodoros Mavrogordatos .
After 57 people were killed in Greece's worst train disaster a year ago, the government promised to fix a system crumbling from decades of neglect. "Trains will resume operations with safety at ...
In 1971 it was transferred with the rest of the Greek railway lines to Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE), which promptly suspended the service as a cost-saving measure. The section from Volos to Agria was operated as a heritage railway by "The Friends of Pelion Railway" between 1987 and 1994, but OSE forced them to terminate the operation in ...