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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]
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]
The station is a regional hub, with a number of services calling at the station. It is served by the trains of both the Athens–Thessaloniki line and Palaiofarsalos-Kalambaka line, with InterCity Express and InterCity trains between Athens and Thessaloniki, Express and Regional stopping services to Kalambaka and Larissa. [5] [24]
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.
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 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.
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.