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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
With the establishment of OSE in 1971, there are deficiencies in rolling stock. The era of steam is over and the available locomotives are not enough. The trainsets of Greek State Railways A-200 A.300 , A.320 , A.400 and A.350 introduced from 1961 to 1967 placed on the standard line and number about 63 units, but all had little effect compared ...
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 ...
The first railway signalling in Greece was installed on the Athens–Piraeus Railway at the turn of the 20th century, when semaphores and boards were added with the line's electrification. Other Greek trains at that time were controlled by signals given manually by station masters.