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The environmental assessment of the Thessaloniki - Nea Karvali section was announced ready and approved on 14 March 2022. [6] The section length is 206 km with allocated budget of 1,68 billion euros. [7] [8] As of 2022, the feasibility studies of the Kalambaka-Ioannina-Igoumenitsa section were still on-going.
The Installation of a modern signalling system, as well as ETCS-level 1, [9] in the section between Thessaloniki and Eidomeni, 70.5-kilometre-long (43.8 mi) and the replacement of 37 track changes, In fact, this project includes the modernization of TX1, which is the largest railway junction in the country [9] and thus considered extremely ...
As of 2022, long-distance trains from Thessaloniki railway station are run by Hellenic Train to Athens, Alexandroupolis, Larissa, and Florina. International long-distance operators used to include Bulgarian Railways , Serbian Railways and Makedonski Železnici , to Sofia , [ 12 ] Belgrade and Skopje railway station respectively.
The final cost is expected to exceed €1.68 billion (€2.09 billion with VAT), but is hoped to recoup these costs with better connectivity to Northern Greece and other EU members. [3] Thessaloniki - Kozani - Igoumenitsa (Western Egnatia Railway), the project includes also the links between: Igoumenitsa - Ioannina - Kalampaka; Kalampaka - Kastoria
Map showing the Greek railway system c.1901–1902. Rail transport in Greece has a history which began in 1869, with the completion of the then Athens & Piraeus Railway. From the 1880s to the 1920s, the majority of the network was built, reaching its heyday in 1940.
An extension towards Ioannina and Igoumenitsa has been discussed, but a more northern line from Thessaloniki is currently the preferred trajectory of the so-called Egnatia Railway. However, as of 2020, large investments are unlikely, given the prolonged Greek government-debt crisis .
The luxury train ride from Paris to Italy that will cost $8,500 for a one-way ticket. Julia Buckley, CNN. December 18, 2023 at 7:24 AM. ... because the train tickets are one-way.
The Thessaloniki Regional Railway, [1] (Greek: Προαστιακός Σιδηρόδρομος Θεσσαλονίκης, Proastiakós Sidiródromos Thessaloníkis) is a three-line Proastiakos commuter rail service connecting the city of Thessaloniki with its metropolitan area and other regions beyond, including Imathia, Pella and Serres.