Train Map In Greece

You can find the actual travel times on the serbian railways zs website.

Train map in greece. Articles resources articles bikes on trains cars on. City guides amsterdam berlin london paris. With your mind changed about athens and with your eurail greece pass in hand you re ready to hop on the 20 minute train to piraeus. Before traveling on to greece s capital make sure to visit the acrocorinth citadel it overlooks the ruins of ancient corinth and is one of the most impressive sights in all of greece.

The main railway routes in greece are athens thessaloniki athens patra served by proastiakos train till kiato athens thessaloniki alexandroupoli dikaia athens thessaloniki florina and athens thessaloniki kalambaka. The full version of the map including all main transportation routes and lines on rail and partly also bus and ferry. The night train from thessaloniki via skopje to belgrade is the only train running across the border. Map showing the greek railway system c 1901 1902 rail transport in greece has a history which began in 1869 with the completion of the then athens piraeus railway.

Buy your train tickets from greece to macedonia locally at a station. Most domestic day trains in greece do not require reservations. Special clearly marked stations transfer hubs and interchanges for line transfer as well as station names and landmarks represented. It was designed in the 19th century and passes through uniquely beautiful landscapes following.

The journey lasts 1 5 hours including a 15 minute break. There is only one railway line across the border running from thessaloniki to skopje. Where to go what s on attractions shopping restaurants bars. Note that in the route athens thessaloniki there is also an.

The town has the largest port in europe serving over 20 million passengers all seeking the whitewashed walls of the cyclades and iolian islands. Take a train to the city of corinth at the very edge of the peloponnessus region. Please check at the train stations in any fees apply. The route from drama to xanthi is one of the most beautiful in europe.

The hellas express night train connects thessaloniki to skopje in fyr macedonia and belgrade in serbia. Bicycles are allowed as check in luggage on certain trains. The narrow corinth canal cuts through the land here creating a gateway to nearby athens. Greece rail travel map showing major locations and routes through the country.

Scenic train routes in greece. This train has been suspended for some time but is running again from may 2014. An alternative way to travel between the two countries is to travel by train to florina then cross the border with a taxi and continue. From the 1880s to the 1920s the majority of the network was built reaching its heyday in 1940.

Over the last years there is a large effort to renovate the railway system and make greece trains faster. A steam train travels from ano lehonia to milies up the spectacular mount pelion. Images of the athens rail map below you can get a glimpse of the athens rail map.