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Every September since official closure of the line in 2009, special trains have run from Kalamata to Messini in connection with the Messinian Feast and litany of the miraculous image of Virgin Mary of the Monastery of Voulkano. The icon is taken from the monastery at 02:00 on 20 September and officially received in Messini at 09:30. The festival lasts 9 days until 28 September and trains run throughout this period.  In September 2015  trains ran from Kalamata hourly from 14:30 to 22:30 and  from Messini, hourly, from 15:00 to 23:00
Every September, since official closure of the line in 2009 through to 2015, special trains ran from Kalamata to Messini in connection with the Messinian Feast and litany of the miraculous image of Virgin Mary of the Monastery of Voulkano. The icon is taken from the monastery at 02:00 on 20 September and officially received in Messini at 09:30. The festival lasts 9 days until 28 September and trains run throughout this period.  In September 2015  trains ran from Kalamata hourly from 14:30 to 22:30 and  from Messini hourly from 15:00 to 23:00. However there were no such trains in September 2016, possibly due to the condition of the infrastructure.


===Thessaloniki avoiding line: Axios - Gefira===
===Thessaloniki avoiding line: Axios - Gefira===

Revision as of 14:41, 27 September 2016

Introduction

This list is based on the 2013 timetable, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.

Obscure services

Services on the Peloponnese peninsula

Most, if not all, of the metre gauge services on the Peloponnese peninsula were withdrawn during the financial crisis in 2010. However the following routes do currently carry a service:-

After running a number of successful enthusiast trips over other parts of the metre gauge network in 2012,2013,2014 and 2015, TrainOSE may operate more such trips. Details may be available in the Tourism & Culture section of the TrainOSE website].

Kalamata - Asprochoma - Messini

(65B1; ERA1 106B1) GR16/1

Every September, since official closure of the line in 2009 through to 2015, special trains ran from Kalamata to Messini in connection with the Messinian Feast and litany of the miraculous image of Virgin Mary of the Monastery of Voulkano. The icon is taken from the monastery at 02:00 on 20 September and officially received in Messini at 09:30. The festival lasts 9 days until 28 September and trains run throughout this period. In September 2015 trains ran from Kalamata hourly from 14:30 to 22:30 and from Messini hourly from 15:00 to 23:00. However there were no such trains in September 2016, possibly due to the condition of the infrastructure.

Thessaloniki avoiding line: Axios - Gefira

(62B3; ERA1 105A3) GR16/2

Owing to damage following heavy rainfall in winter 2014/15, the Gallikos river bridge on the Thessaloniki - Idomeni line was declared unsuitable for traffic. As a result all trains to and from Idomeni are being diverted via the line from Axios to Gefira. As at July 2015 no works to repair the bridge had started and it is estimated to take more than 6 months to repair or even replace. As well as significant freight traffic, this line is in passenger use by international trains 334 and 335 to/from Skopje and Beograd, but this service was suspended from 21 August 2015. This is believed to be the first regular use of this line by any traffic since 2006/7.

Other sparse services

The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally) - fewer than five trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday.

  • Thessaloniki – Idomeni – Gevgelija (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia): suspended from 21 August 2015
  • Strymon – Kulata (Bulgaria):
  • Thessaloniki – Alexandroupolis – Dikaia
  • Edessa – Florina
  • Olympia - Pyrgos - Katakolo
  • Diakopto – Kalavryta

Deletions since the previous edition

  • Palaeofarsalos – Kalambaka: five train pairs so longer a sparse service

See also