Alexandroupoli railway station

Alexandroupoli railway station or Alexandroupoli Port railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Λιμένα Αλεξανδρούπολης, romanized: Sidirodromikos Stathmos Limena Alexandroupolis) is a railway station of Alexandroupoli in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located in near the city centre of Alexandroupoli at the Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad railway. Trains coming from Thessaloniki have to reverse for a few hundred meters to reach the station.

Αλεξανδρούπολη Alexandroupoli
Alexandroupoli station July 2012
Location	Alexandroupoli Evros Greece
Coordinates	40°50′42″N 25°52′45″E
Owned by	OSE
Line(s)	Regional Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli railway, Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad railway[1]
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Train operators	TrainOSE
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Disabled access
Other information
Website	http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened	1874
Services
Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station Terminus Regional Feres toward Ormenio Kirki toward Thessaloniki Intercity Terminus
Location
Alexandroupoli Location within Greece

History

The station opened in 1874.

Facilities

The station has waiting rooms, and toilets.

Services

The station is served by regional stopping services to Dikaia and Ormenio. It is also served by InterCity trains to Thessaloniki.

On 30 December 2019 TrainOSE announced the re-opening of the Alexandroupoli-Ormenio route.[2] As of 2020, the Thomas Cook European Timetable notes that the station is served by two daily trains to/from Thessaloniki, and by three pairs of regular trains to Dikaia. There are currently no day-time through trains to/from Athens. International services such as the "Friendship Express" to Istanbul via Pythion remains suspended since 2011.[3][4] Also, there are currently no regular passenger services to Bulgaria.

Between July 2005 and February 2011 the Friendship Express, (an international InterCity train jointly operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and TrainOSE S.A. linking Istanbul's Sirkeci Terminal, Turkey and Thessaloniki, Greece) made scheduled stops at Alexandroupoli.

References

1. "OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes".
2. https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/All-the-news/Railways-in-Greece-poor-service-no-competition-199234
3. 2014 Timetable Athens-Thessaloniki-Alexandroupoli-Dikaia
4. "2014/15 Intercity schedule" (PDF). TrainOSE. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

External links

• Domokos Station - National Railway Network Greek Travel Pages