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In early 2018 TrainOSE announced the upgrade of the line. [17] This upgrade will involve doubling the track and full electrification from Kalambaka (allowing faster nonstopping services to Athens and Thessaloniki) with the installation of new signalling and ETCS Level 1 system on the existing single-track railway line. [17]
Larissa and Thessaloniki have substantial marshalling yards for both goods and passenger trains. There are daily InterCity (IC) trains from Athens to Thessaloniki and one night train. The InterCity (IC) rail service usually takes 4 hours and 23 minutes from Athens to Thessaloniki and 4 hours and 10 minutes from Thessaloniki to Athens.
The station is served by fourteen local trains between Larissa and Volos. Today, the station is served by direct lines to the rest of Greece via Palaiofarsalos, served both by intercity trains to Athens, Palaiofarsalos Larissa and Thessaloniki. [21] Previously Thessaly Railways operated a narrow gauge service to Volos. [22]
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 ...
The state-owned company that owns and maintains Greece's railway network is OSE, Gaiose also a state-owned company owns and maintains railway stations, while Hellenic Train is the company responsible for operating all passenger trains and the most freight trains.
Line 3 Π3 connects Thessaloniki and Serres. Trains run from approximately 6:00 am to 22:00 pm daily on a fairly irregular basis, roughly once an hour. Both lines, however somewhat complement each other between Thessaloniki and Platy. [5] [6] On 17 July 2014 services were cut back from eight to six services a day from Thessaloniki To Edessa. [6]
On 16 January 2021, The first of five White Arrow high-speed trains (ordered by Trainose arrived in Thessaloniki from Italy). After crew training rollingstock tests, the train's first trip with passengers on board will be on the Athens-Thessaloniki line on 25 March, a date chosen to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the 1821 Greek ...
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.