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The earliest predecessor of the Hocking Valley was the Mineral Railroad, incorporated in April 1864 to build from Athens in the rich Hocking Valley to Columbus. [2] The company changed its name to the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad in June 1867, shortly after construction began at Columbus, [3] and the line opened for business from Columbus to Lancaster on January 20, 1869, Logan on ...
Athens station in 1984. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) constructed the station building around 1890, replacing an older structure. It is a one-story building in the Stick-Eastlake style, measuring 128.5 by 25.5 feet (39.2 m × 7.8 m). It was modified around 1915: a circular tower was removed, and the ends of the structure were enclosed.
The station is served the following lines of the Athens Proastiakos or suburban railway: Athens Suburban Railway Line A1 between Piraeus and Athens Airport, with up to one train per hour; [17] Athens Suburban Railway Line A3 towards Chalcis, with up to one train every two hours, and one extra train during the peak hours; [18]
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Starting around 1980, the Hocking Valley Scenic began moving operations toward Athens. This was a time of transition between the Monday Creek and the former C&O Armitage Subdivision remnant south of Nelsonville. Trains were operated from the old Monday Creek station site, backed to the main line, and then operated round trip south to Glen Ebon.
The first through-train from Cincinnati, using the tracks of The Little Miami Railroad to reach Loveland, ran on April 9, 1857. An extension of the right-of-way from Marietta upriver to Bellaire, Ohio , to enable a connection across the Ohio River with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Wheeling, Virginia , had been largely graded with stone ...
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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.