cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message hellenic railways organization type private company industry rail transport founded 1 january 1971 headquarters athens greece key people ose group president & managing director p. theofanopoulos 1 ergose president & managing director i. petropoulos products rail transport revenue 105 439 000 operating income 576 382 000 2 net income 950 269 000 owner greek government subsidiaries erga ose ergose 3 website official website the hellenic railways organization or ose greek or ... is the greek national railway company which owns maintains and operates all railway infrastructure in greece with the exception of athens rapid transit lines . train services on these lines are run by trainose s.a. a former ose subsidiary . in addition ose owns and maintains the rolling stock used by trainose and maintains preserved special rolling stock withdrawn locomotives and railcars . ose was founded in 1971 4 taking over from the hellenic state railways which was founded in 1920 . network of the hellenic railways main secondary under construction . contents 1 primary rail network 1.1 piraeus athens 1.2 athens larissa thessaloniki 1.3 athens corinth kiato 1.4 thessaloniki idomeni 2 secondary rail network 2.1 thessaloniki edessa amyntaio kozani florina 2.2 thessaloniki alexandroupoli svilengrad 2.3 lianokladi stylis 3 thessaly rail network 3.1 larissa volos 3.2 palaiofarsalos kalampaka 4 peloponnese metre gauge network 4.1 athens corinth kiato metre gauge 4.2 kiato patras 4.3 patras lechaina pyrgos olympia 4.4 pyrgos katakolo 4.5 pyrgos kalo nero kyparissia zevgolatio 4.6 corinth argos nafplion tripoli kalamata 4.7 messene kalamata 5 other lines 5.1 diakofto kalavryta railway 5.2 pelion railway line 5.3 athens airport line 6 abandoned lines 6.1 paleofarsalos velestino volos 6.2 kavasila vartholomio kyllini 6.3 kryoneri missolonghi agrinio 6.4 isthmos loutraki 6.5 other 7 planned lines 8 railway services 9 headquarters 10 photo gallery 11 see also 12 notes and references 13 further reading 14 external links primary rail network edit as in most european union countries administration of the railway infrastructure is separate from the railway operating companies using the network to provide passenger and freight transportation services . up until november 2010 company edisy s.a. was the actual manager of the greek national railway infrastructure until it became a subsidiary of ose . 5 specifically on 29 november 2010 edisy s.a. was merged back into the parent company ose s.a. which is today the manager of the rail infrastructure of greece . 6 7 the major lines of the greek railway network consist of the mostly electrified standard gauge double track line from piraeus athens to northern greece thessaloniki a single track electrified line from thessaloniki to idomeni at the border with the republic of macedonia and the mixed gauge line from athens to peloponnese . almost all other lines link directly with these two lines . the main line of the greek railway system from athens to thessaloniki covers a distance of 520 kilometres 320 mi . according to the 2007 network statement the total length of the standard gauge lines was approximately 1 665 kilometres 1 035 mi while the length of the metre gauge lines excluding krioneri missolonghi agrinio line is about 725 km 450 mi . in addition about 150 km 93 mi of new standard gauge lines towards athens airport and to replace metre gauge lines became fully operational in july 2007 . piraeus athens edit v t e piraeus railways 2009 track gauge 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in legend ... piraeus harbor ... perama tram ... ... piraeus ergostasio central works ... lefka ... ... ... ... mai air ... agios ioannis rentis ... ... ... lachanagora ... tavros ... rouf ... to athens piraeus is served by two terminals . one at piraeus harbour 37 56 55 n 23 38 08 e 37.94861 n 23.63556 e 37.94861 ; 23.63556 piraeus harbour which up until 2006 was used by some standard gauge trains for chalkis thessaloniki and alexandroupolis . the short line to agios ioannis rentis is closed and as of 2009 being renovated . the heavy rolling stock repair works piraeus central factory are located at lefka 37 57 17 n 23 39 03 e 37.95472 n 23.65083 e 37.95472 ; 23.65083 piraeus central factory next to ergostasio halt and are accessible from this line . the other piraeus mainline station peloponnese station 37 56 57 n 23 38 36 e 37.94917 n 23.64333 e 37.94917 ; 23.64333 piraeus peloponnese station was used by the peloponesse metric line trains until 2005 when it was converted to standard gauge reopening in 2007 and today serving the proastiakos rail service . the two lines from piraeus meet just outside agios ioannis rentis air marshalling yard 37 57 41 n 23 39 55 e 37.96139 n 23.66528 e 37.96139 ; 23.66528 agios ioannis rentis . next to the marshalling yard lies the major rolling stock depot and maintenance facility of ose mai . north of air the line crosses kifissos river and then passes through the freight and parcels handling station of rouf . at a siding of rouf station there is a railway theater in disused rolling stock and a disused sek class 2 10 2 steam locomotive made by breda 37 58 27 n 23 42 14 e 37.97417 n 23.70389 e 37.97417 ; 23.70389 ma 1002 steam locomotive . the line between rouf and athens central larissis station is single track and non electrified . there is considerable traffic on this stretch as it serves the busy proastiakos commuter rail service and regional rail service to thessaloniki and halkida chalkis ; as well as other destinations served by athens . athens larissa thessaloniki edit the old and very successful logo of ose . it is still widely displayed on rolling stock and stations slowly being replaced with the new one . main article piraeus platy railway in 1916 the railway from athens to platy was completed linking athens with the european railway network . the line passes through thebes and larissa and offers connections to several other cities chalcis lamia volos trikala through branch lines . at platy the line joins with the line from thessaloniki to amyntaio kozani and florina . the line continues across flatland until the suburbs of thessaloniki are reached at sindos . 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 5 hours and 23 minutes . june 2014 timetables . athens corinth kiato edit main article proastiakos work in progress between corinth and kiato april 2007 . this section is now in use . the new corinth line branches off at ska and runs west into elefsis and the megara plains . the line passes through impressive tunnels and bridges in the kakia skala area north of agioi theodoroi ; while crossing the corinth canal over a new bridge and then into the new corinth station . currently the line extends to the town of kiato where passengers can change to a trainose bus services to patras or to the metre gauge network . there is work in progress to extend the line to xylokastro and aigio while plans exist to extend the line to patras . thessaloniki idomeni edit this is a single track electrified line connecting thessaloniki with idomeni near the border with the republic of macedonia . it is mostly used by international freight . secondary rail network edit thessaloniki edessa amyntaio kozani florina edit vodena today edessa station in 1899 main article thessaloniki bitola railway this line was opened in 1894 and connects thessaloniki with the city bitola in the southern part of the republic of macedonia . it passes through platy veroia edessa amyntaio and florina . at amyntaio the kozani amyntaio railway branches off . the section between thessaloniki and platy is part of the important connection towards athens and southern greece . the part across the border with macedonia is not used anymore and passenger traffic has been suspended west of edessa . thessaloniki alexandroupoli svilengrad edit main article thessaloniki svilengrad railway pythio station where ose s network connected to that of turkish state railways tcdd until february 2011 this railway line 620 km long joins thessaloniki via the port of alexandroupoli to svilengrad in bulgaria passing through or near most major cities of east macedonia and thrace serres drama xanthi komotini . at strymon the line connects with a northbound line along strymon river valley to promachonas which then joins with the bulgarian network at kulata . the line section from stavroupoli to toxotes runs along nestos river valley and is part of a preserved area that is not accessible by road . from alexandroupolis the line continues northwards where it runs alongside the evros river that marks the border between greece and turkey . a junction is located at pythio where a line continues east and crosses into turkey towards istanbul . on the greek side the line continues north over the karaa a cut off to ormenio the northernmost village of greece . there the line crosses to the bulgarian border town of svilengrad . the distance from alexandroupolis to ormenio is 178 km . lianokladi stylis edit a railway line which joins stylida with lamia and lianokladi . thessaly rail network edit main article thessaly railways larissa volos edit volos station 1892 designed by evaristo de chirico . the 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gauge single track branch line from larissa to the port of volos 61 km was completed in 1960 along the route of a former 1 000 mm 3 ft 3 3 8 in metre gauge line . it branches off the athens thessaloniki mainline at larissa crossing the northern part of the thessalian plain to velestino formerly a junction with the now disused volos palaiofarsalos section . from velestino it descends rapidly to the port of volos initially running parallel to the abandoned metre gauge line and then diverging through melissiatika . volos was the terminus for both lines and also for the pelion railway to milies . engine sheds and marshalling yards at volos are home to many abandoned relics of the greek railway system . there is a regular service on this line . the station at volos was at one time unique in being the terminus of three different gauges of railway line notably standard gauge metre gauge and 600 mm 1 ft 11 5 8 in gauge . palaiofarsalos kalampaka edit the west thessaly single track line to kalambaka recently converted to 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gauge branches off the athens thessaloniki mainline at palaiopharsalos . the line serves the cities of karditsa and trikala the towns of sofades and kalambaka ; and the tourist attraction of meteora . in the past this line was part of a 1 000 mm 3 ft 3 3 8 in metre gauge line from velestino to kalambaka crossing the main line at palaiofarsalos . the eastern section to velestino still metre gauge is maintained by enthusiasts as a heritage railway . peloponnese metre gauge network edit this section s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . august 2011 peloponnese network belonged since its construction to the former piraeus athens and peloponnese railways or spap greek sidir dromi pire s athin n peloponn sou ; until 1962 when they were merged to hellenic state railways or sek greek sidir dromi elliniko kr tous ; . 8 all passenger service on the metre gauge network in the peloponnese except the diakofto kalavrita railway was suspended in 2011