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28-778: As of July 2011, the Athens Mass Transit System consists of: Transport for Athens also coordinates the Athens Suburban Railway , using Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) lines, operated by Hellenic Train S.A. under the Proastiakos brand. The section between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi is regarded as the urban part. In March 2011, with the Greek Government Law 3920 Attiko Metro Operational Company (AMEL S.A.) absorbed Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways S.A. and TRAM S.A. and

56-542: A company that also wholly owned by the Greek government. Hellenic Train (formerly Trainose until May 2022) S.A., which absorbed the former Proastiakos S.A. in 2007, became independent of the OSE group in 2008 and until 2017 it is a separate private company. OASA regularly conducts street photography and videography competitions both in black-and-white and in colour for photos taken while inside its means of transport. Up until

84-565: Is a railway station and metro station that serves the international airport of Athens , Greece . It operates on both the Athens Suburban Railway as well as Line 3 of the Athens Metro . It is the first and only train station in Greece that is not managed by Gaiose. It is owned by the airport, which charges the train operating companies ( Hellenic Train and STASY ) fees to use it. The station opened on 30 July 2004, two weeks before

112-459: Is a local Peloponnese service. The Athens Suburban Railway operates from 4:30 am to midnight daily, and there are 45 stations in the network. On 18 January 2012, services were "temporarily" suspended on routes from Piraeus - Ano Liossia . According to a TrainOSE spokesperson, the interruption is due to technical problems; however no information on the progress of any work was given, services were rerouted via SKA . The following table lists

140-606: Is valid. Outside the urban area, a different ticket is valid, which is priced in stages and issued by Hellenic Train . The photography in the publicly accessible areas of both OSE and the Athens Suburban Railway (defined as passenger space on trains and at stations) is permitted, as the right of photographers to photograph within the Suburban Railway is covered by the Constitution . The issue

168-663: The Athens Metro utilize turnstiles . The ATH.ENA ticket and ATH.ENA card can be used in suburban railway trains starting from Magoula or Dhekelia and onwards. Eirini depot (Line 1) Sepolia depot (Lines 2 & 3) Eleonas depot (Lines 2 & 3) Elliniko depot Attiki depot (Closed for trolleybuses. Used by maintenance vehicles only) Gazi depot (Closed between 2011 and 2014. Converted to an event venue) Kokkinos Mylos depot Neo Faliro depot (Closed) Rouf depot (Opened in 2011 to gradually replace Attiki, Neo Faliro and Gazi) Agios Dimitrios depot Ano Liosia depot Anthousa depot Elliniko depot (Closed in 2018 to make space for

196-527: The Athens Olympics . Although it was projected that only commuter rail would use the station, the Athens Metro operating company decided to extend Line 3 to the airport. However, building new tracks was not economically viable, so the route would be served by dual-voltage second-generation trains and would share tracks with Suburban Railway trains between Doukissis Plakentias station and

224-548: The Hellenikon Metropolitan Park ) Petrou Ralli depot Rentis depot Thriaseio depot (Used only for laying up retired buses) Votanikos depot Athens Suburban Railway The Athens Suburban Railway ( Greek : Προαστιακός Αθήνας , romanized :  Proastiakós Athínas ), officially the Athens Suburban and Regional Railway , is a commuter rail service that connects

252-456: The 80s, fare collectors were commonplace in all means of mass transport in Athens. Their replacement was a money box placed at the front end of the vehicles, next to the driver, where passengers would deposit their fare in cash, usually coinage. A decade later, they were replaced with validation machines and paper tickets. The end of the single-use paper ticket came in 2017, when it was succeeded by

280-711: The ATH.ENA electronic stored-value cards and tickets (stylized as ATH.ENA CARD and ATH.ENA TICKET respectively). Tickets are now rechargeable and can be loaded with up to 5-day unlimited ticket, but not with long term fare products, discount tickets (support discontinued in January 2019) or monetary value. Cards (personalised and anonymised) can hold all fare types and a maximum of €50, with the exception of discount tickets which are tied to personalised cards. Tickets and cards are validated contaclessly in validation machines inside buses, trolleybuses and trams. Suburban railway trains and

308-431: The Athens Suburban Railway from Koropi to Lavrio was announced in 2016, potentially connecting 300,000 more people to the rail network at a cost of €160 million. The project involves the construction of two new stations at Markopoulo and Lavrio Port, and five intermediate stops at Kalyvia , Keratea , Daskaleio, Thorikos and Kyprianos. The Athens-Lavrio distance will be 55 minutes and Koropi-Lavrio 28 minutes with

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336-587: The SKA department. - Kiato in 2010, on the Oinoi–Chalcis line in 2013, in the sections SKA-Oinoi and Treis Gefyres – SKA in 2015, and finally in the section Three Bridges – Piraeus in 2018. In fact, the advent of electrification in SS. Athenson July 30, 2017 led to the modification of the lines of the Suburban Railway to have as a starting point the central station of the capital. In 2017 OSE 's passenger transport sector

364-413: The airport. As of 2023, the base fare to the airport is €9, with varying prices for round trips or groups. Since 27 September 2022, the following weekday services call at this station: As the airport's passenger numbers are rising, services may get denser and Track 1 could be used again. Moreover, for many years there have been plans to extend Suburban Railway services to Rafina , a suburb of Athens and

392-468: The airport. Because of the limited availability of these trains (7 in total), only 1 or 2 per hour reach the station, leaving the airport every 36 minutes from 06:10 to 23:34. The decision to extend Line 3 to the airport forced a change to the station design; Metro trains have a higher floor than Suburban Railway trains, so the central track had to be lowered. This is why initial services to the airport did not use any stations between Doukissis Plakentias and

420-401: The airport. The intermediate stations did not have the tracks lowered; parts of the platforms were raised in 2006. Since then, all intermediate stations have been used by both services. The railway station is immediately adjacent to the airport terminal, accessible by an elevated walkway. Because of the additional cost of using the station, there is a surcharge for passengers entering or exiting

448-645: The city of Athens and its metropolitan area with other places in Attica , Boeotia , Corinthia and the city of Chalcis in Euboea . The first section of the Suburban Railway, linking the main Athens railway station with the Athens International Airport , opened on 30 July 2004 – two weeks before the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital. From 2005 to 2018, the network

476-520: The commuter train. Since 1 August 2023 , the Athens Suburban Railway consists of four lines. Line A1 runs between Piraeus and Athens Airport , while Line A2 reinforces the preceding service along the median of the A6 motorway between the Airport and Ano Liosia . Line A3 runs between Athens and Chalcis , and Line A4 runs between Piraeus and Kiato . The train service between Kiato and Aigio

504-467: The completion of the extension. In February 2019, OSE accepted a bid for the €12 million project to convert the former metre-gauge line between Isthmos and Loutraki to standard gauge , connect it to the Athens Airport–Patras railway and reopen it to passenger traffic by November 2021. Mytilineos–Xanthakis was selected as the contractor of the project. Due to an appeal by a rival bidder,

532-584: The completion of the works of the Airport-Patras line to Kiato , Proastiakos expanded services on what is now Line 5 while in 2009 services where expanded to Chalkida forming Line 3 . TrainOSE has been operating since 2008 as a company independent of OSE , still using the Proastiakos emblem . In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE 's Management was forced to reduce services across

560-536: The network. Timetables were cut back, and routes closed as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. Services from Athens Airport & Athens were cut back, with some ticket offices closing, reducing the reliability of services and passenger numbers. However, from 2010, the electrification works of the lines with 25 kV AC, 50 Hz began to be completed, allowing the use of the Siemens Desiro 460 trains. The electrification projects were completed in

588-421: The routes and the stations for the Athens Suburban Railway since 15 May 2022. Line numbers were introduced on 1 August 2023. The suburban railway connects with other rail services at the following stations: The suburban train, in the sections Magoula - Koropi and Piraeus - Dhekelia are part of the urban zone of OASA, therefore the single ticket that is used and combined with all means of transport in Athens

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616-793: The signing of the contract was delayed until 12 June 2019. The project consists of the electrification of the Isthmos–Loutraki line and building two new stops, one at Casino and the other in Loutraki. A €40 million branch line from Doukissis Plakentias station to the town of Rafina has also been proposed. with an extension to the Airport via Artemida and Rafina . Railway map Athens Airport station Athens Airport ( Greek : Αεροδρόμιο , Aerodromio ), also known as Athens International Airport ( Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών , Diethnis Aerolimenas Athinon ) on signage,

644-532: The third largest harbour of the city as well. Although original plans show the line branching off the main one after Pallini or Doukissis Plakentias Station, then running in a reserved-for-this-purpose median of the A64 Mount Hymmetus Ring Road and then extending to Rafina, recent plans have called for an extension of the line from the Airport. Such an extension would be shorter and less expensive to build, however, it has been unpopular due to

672-480: Was gradually electrified and expanded to serve Piraeus to the south, Corinth and Kiato to the west, and Chalcis to the north. The Athens Suburban Railway is currently operated by Hellenic Train (formerly TrainOSE). "Proastiakos SA" was founded in 2003 as a subsidiary of OSE to serve the operation of the suburban network in the urban complex of Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games . The first line, linking central Athens with Athens International Airport ,

700-446: Was inaugurated on 30 July 2004, two weeks before the 2004 Olympic Games . This first section was not electrified and operated DMU 'S every half hour. In January 2005 the test routes to Corinth started and the line was delivered to the public on 27 September that same year. Also in 2005 Proastiakos was absorbed by the company TRAINOSE SA., which was now responsible for providing all rail passenger and commercial transport. In 2007, with

728-538: Was mediated by the Ombudsman between 2004 and 2008 on the occasion of the attempt to temporarily ban photography during the Olympic Games . The court ruled that "the requirement of a 'photography permit' is tantamount to a ban" and that "there is no legal authority to impose restrictions on the right to photograph spaces and slides by definition accessible to the public". A nine-station, 32 km extension of

756-552: Was privatised as TrainOSE , currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. On 1 February 2018, the electrification of the Piraeus-Athens Central station section of the network was completed. During the COVID-19 pandemic , TrainOSE provide free antiseptic gel to the passenger public in order to disinfect those who use

784-502: Was renamed "STASY S.A." ( Greek : ΣΤΑΣΥ Α.Ε. ). Also ETHEL S.A. absorbed ILPAP S.A. and was renamed as "OSY S.A." ( Greek : ΟΣΥ Α.Ε. ). The mergers were officially announced on June 10, 2011. While mergers at the top management level took place quickly, integration of the former companies at operations and support level proceeds slowly. ISAP, ETHEL and ILPAP were wholly owned by OASA. AMEL and Tram S.A. until June 2011 were subsidiaries of Attiko Metro S.A. ( Greek : Αττικό Μετρό Α.Ε. ),

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