Piraeus–Patras railway


The railway from Piraeus to Patras was a 230-kilometre long metre-gauge railway line in Greece that connected the port of Piraeus with Patras in the Peloponnese peninsula, via Athens and Corinth. It was opened between 1884 and 1887. Formerly one of the main lines of the Greek railway network, it has now largely fallen into disuse. It has mostly been replaced by the Athens Airport–Patras railway, a new standard-gauge line which opened in 2005 and remains under construction between Aigio and Patras. The 13 km section between Piraeus and Agioi Anargyroi, a northern suburb of Athens, has since been removed and replaced by the corresponding section of the upgraded Piraeus–Platy railway., the only sections in operation are the 22.5 km section between Agioi Anargyroi and Eleusis, and the 7.3 km section between Rio and Patras.

Main stations

The main stations on the Piraeus–Patras railway were:
Since 2009, services have ceased on most of the Piraeus–Patras railway. The only remaining passenger service is the Proastiakos commuter rail service Agios Vasileios–Patras–Agios Andreas.