Edessa railway station

The Edessa railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Εδέσσης, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Edéssis) is the railway station of Edessa in Central Macedonia, Greece. The station is located north of the city on the Thessaloniki–Bitola railway, and is severed by both Local and Proastiakos Services. The station lies some 77km from Thessaloniki.[2]

Έδεσσα
Edessa
Vodena (today Edessa) station in 1899
LocationLeoforos Nikis, Edessa
Pella
Greece
Coordinates40°48′32″N 22°03′06″E
Owned byOSE
Line(s)Thessaloniki–Bitola railway[1]
Platforms3 (1 non-regular use)
Tracks3
Train operatorsTrainOSE
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled access
Other information
Websitehttp://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened1894
ElectrifiedNo
Previous namesVodena
Services
Preceding station   Proastiakos   Following station
Skydra
toward Thessaloniki
Line 2Terminus
Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station
Skydra
toward Thessaloniki
Line 2
Arnissa
toward Florina
Location
Edessa
Location within Greece

History
Crowds celebrating the liberation of Edessa in 1912

The station opened in June 1894, at the completion of the Société du Chemin de Fer ottoman Salonique-Monastir, a branchline of the Chemins de fer Orientaux from Thessaloniki to Bitola. During this period Northern Greece and the southern Balkans where still under Ottoman rule, and Edessa was known as Vodena. Edessa was annexed by Greece on 18 October 1912 during the First Balkan War. On 17 October 1925 The Greek government purchased the Greek sections of the former Salonica Monastir railway[3] and the railway became part of the Hellenic State Railways, with the remaining section north of Florina seeded to Yugoslavia. On 1 January 1971 the station, and most of Greek rail infrastructure where transferred to the Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation. Since 2007, the station is served by the Proastiakos Thessaloniki services to Thessaloniki.

Facilities

The station is still housed in the original brick built station building, with a ticket office and waiting rooms. There is no footbridge over the lines, so passengers must walk across the rails.

Services

As of 2020, the station is served on a daily basis by three InterCity trains between Thessaloniki and Florina and 18 Prostiakos terminating at Edessa.[4] There are no Services to Bitola as the short international connection is now disused, with all international traffic being routed via Idomeni and Gevgelija.

line layout
L
Ground/Concourse		 Customer service Tickets/Exits
Level
L1
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 → to Thessaloniki (Skydra) ←
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 → to Florina (Arnissa) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 3 → Non-regular use


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References
  1. "OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes".
  2. https://www.virail.co.uk/train-edessa-thessaloniki
  3. Le Journal des finances, 15 janvier 1926 (in French)
  4. "2014/15 schedule Thessaloniki–Edessa–Florina" (PDF). TrainOSE. Retrieved 1 March 2015.


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