Xanthi railway station
Xanthi railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Ξάνθης, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Xànthi) is a railway station that servers the city of Xanthi, in Xanthi in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located 3km southeast[3] of the citycenter, but still within the city limits. The station (as of 2019) is staffed, but only at peektimes, but has waiting rooms and a taxi rank.
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| Location | 67100 Xanthi[1] Xanthi Greece | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°07′26″N 24°53′33″E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | OSE | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli railway[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 (1 mothballed) | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | TrainOSE | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Peaktime only) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.ose.gr/en/ | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1900 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
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  Xanthi Location within Greece | ||||||||||||||||
History
The station opened in 1900. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management[4] 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 Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis were cut back from six to just two trains a day, reducing the reliability of services, and passenger numbers. However, the station building remained open and staffed (at a reduced level). In 2016 upgrade[5] work on the line resulted in no stopping services between Drama and Xanthi.[6] There is old abandoned boxcar shunted onto one of the sidetracks, very close to the station buildings.
Facilities
The station has waiting rooms, within the original brick-built station building. There is a cafe-ouzerie next door.[3] The station is staffed, but only at peak times.
Services
It is served by two long-distance trains between Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis. On the 25 September 2016, as part of the planned upgrade ‘reorganization’ of the rail network, the Drama-Xanthi rail link was be suspended. The planned interruption was scheduled to take 6 to 9 months.[7]
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 Xanthi.
External links
- Xanthi Station - National Railway Network Greek Travel Pages
References
- "Railway Station of Xanthi". Vreite.gr. November 10, 2016.
- "OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes".
- "Train Station | Xanthi & Around, Greece Xanthi & Around". www.lonelyplanet.com.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/business/global/21rail.html
- https://www.greeka.com/greece-travel/trains/
- https://www.dramini.gr/erga-tou-ose-vgazoun-ektos-litourgias-ti-grammi-dramas-xanthis-gia-9-oloklirous-mines/
- https://www.dramini.gr/erga-tou-ose-vgazoun-ektos-litourgias-ti-grammi-dramas-xanthis-gia-9-oloklirous-mines/