Komotini railway station

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Κομοτηνή Komotini
Komotini railway station, April 2009
Location	Komotini 691 00[1] Rhodope Greece
Coordinates	41°06′36″N 25°23′38″E / 41.1101°N 25.3940°E / 41.1101; 25.394041°06′36″N 25°23′38″E / 41.1101°N 25.3940°E / 41.1101; 25.3940
Owned by	GAIAOSE[2]
Line(s)	Regional Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli railway[3]
Platforms	2
Tracks	5 (1 mothballed)
Train operators	TrainOSE
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Staffed (peak-time only)
Website	www.ose.gr/en
History
Opened	1900
Electrified	1958[4]
Services
Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station Xanthi toward Thessaloniki TrainOSE toward Ormenio toward Thessaloniki InterCity toward Alexandroupoli   Former service   Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station Xanthi toward Thessaloniki Friendship Express Alexandroupoli toward Istanbul
Location
Komotini Location within Greece

Komotini railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Κομοτηνής, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Komotinís) is a railway station that servers the city of Komotini, in Rhodope in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located 3km southeast of the city center, but still within the city limits. The station (as of 2019) is staffed, but only at peak times, but has waiting rooms and a bus stop in the forecourt.

History[]

The station opened in 1900. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management^[5] 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). 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 Are two cafes/restaurants^[6] one in the station building, with a second within the station complex. The station is staffed, however only during peak times.^[6]

Services[]

It is served by two long-distance trains^[6] between Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis.

In January 2019 services between Komotini and Alexandroupolis were suspended after a local river burst its banks in the area near the village of Venna, a rail replacement bus service was commenced.^[7]

Between July 2005 and February 2011 the Friendship Express, (an international InterCity train jointly operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and TrainOSE linking Istanbul's Sirkeci Terminal, Turkey and Thessaloniki, Greece) made scheduled stops at Komotini.

References[]

External links[]

• Komotini Station - National Railway Network - GTP

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