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
Location	Leoforos Nikis, Edessa Pella Greece
Coordinates	40°48′32″N 22°03′06″E
Owned by	OSE
Line(s)	Thessaloniki–Bitola railway[1]
Platforms	3 (1 non-regular use)
Tracks	3
Train operators	TrainOSE
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access
Other information
Website	http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened	1894
Electrified	No
Previous names	Vodena
Services
Preceding station   Proastiakos   Following station Skydra toward Thessaloniki Line 2 Terminus 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

External links

https://www.gtp.gr/TDirectoryDetails.asp?id=77288

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.