Orestiada railway station

Orestiada railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Ορεστιάδας, romanized: Sidirodromikos Stathmos Orestiádas), is a railway station that serves the town of Orestiada, in Evros, in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) from the center of Orestiada, on the eastern edge of the town[1]. The station was open by OSE in 1996, at a cost of €4.5 million. Today TrainOSE operates just 4 daily Regional trains[2] to Alexandroupoli. The station is unstaffed[3] however there are waiting rooms available.

Ορεστιάδα
Orestiáda
Orestiada railway station buildings, July 2017
LocationOrestiada 682 00
Evros
Greece
Coordinates41°30′11″N 26°32′14″E
Owned byOSE
Line(s)
  Regional
Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad railway
Platforms3
Tracks4
Train operatorsTrainOSE
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Platform levels1
Disabled access
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Websitehttp://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened16 September 1996
ElectrifiedNo
Services
Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station
Sakkos
Regional
Cheimonio
toward Ormenio
Location
Orestiada
Location within Greece

History

The station was built the mid-1990s, to replace an older station (built in 1928), and officially inaugurated on 16 September 1996.[4] At the time, the line saw a large amount of commercial and passenger traffic and was the fourth busiest and third largest[5] station in Northern Greece. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network. Timetables where cutback and routs closed, as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. Services from Orestiada to Alexandroupoli were cut back to three trains a day, reducing the reliability of services, and passenger numbers. With passenger footfall in sharp decline, the station building was closed, and mothballed, less than 15 years after it first opened. On 11 February 2011, all cross border routs where closed and international services (to Istanbul, Sofia, etc.) are ended. Thus, only two routes now connect Orestiada with Thessaloniki and Athens (and those with a connection to Alex / Polis), while route time increased as the network was "upgraded".[6] Services to/from Ormenio where replaced by bus. The route time increased and reached by 2014 up to 2 hours 20 mins for Alexandroupolis and 9 hours for Thessaloniki. With Usage down, the station suffered repeated attacks from vandalism, with the station clock and the Greek flag stolen, and the walls covered in graffiti. The canopies became shelters for immigrants entering from Turkey[7], the overpass filled syringes, some even broken windows, and benches. However, the main building was left secured.[8] In 2014, the station building was refurbished and reopened after begging closed for 3 years.[9]

Facilities

The station is (as of 2020) unstaffed, however the waiting rooms remain open. The entrance is equipped with wheelchair ramps, and Parking in the forecourt.

Services

As of 2020, the station is only served by two daily pairs of regional trains Alexandroupoli–Ormenio.[10] The station is served by long distance KTEL bus’s.

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References
  1. http://sidirodromikanea.blogspot.com/2012/07/blog-post_3245.html
  2. https://tickets.trainose.gr/dromologia/
  3. https://www.evros-news.gr/2017/05/12/πύθιο-παρατημένος-καταστρέφεται-ο-πρ/
  4. http://sidirodromikanea.blogspot.com/2012/07/blog-post_3245.html
  5. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&u=http://diamantismyrtsidis.blogspot.com/2016/02/12-2011-12-2015.html&prev=search
  6. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&u=https://m.naftemporiki.gr/story/807704&prev=search
  7. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&u=http://e-vertigo.gr/dailynews/news/localnews/3749-prosfyges-anazitoyn-dromo-epistrofis-meso-evrou.html&prev=search
  8. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&u=http://www.newsnowgr.com/article/285454/sidirodromikos-stathmos-neas-orestiada---eikones-thlipsis-video.html&prev=search
  9. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&u=http://www.e-evros.gr/gr/eidhseis/3/anoigei-3ana-o-sidhrodromikos-sta8mos-sthn-orestiada/post22290&prev=search
  10. "Search schedule Orestiada - Pythion of Didymoteicho". TrainOSE. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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