Serres railway station

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Σέρρες Serres
Serres railway station, September 2007
Location	621 25 Serres[1] Serres Greece
Coordinates	41°02′33″N 23°19′16″E / 41.0425°N 23.3211°E / 41.0425; 23.3211Coordinates: 41°02′33″N 23°19′16″E / 41.0425°N 23.3211°E / 41.0425; 23.3211
Owned by	OSE
Line(s)	InterCity   Regional Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli railway
Platforms	3
Tracks	8
Train operators	TrainOSE
Connections
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Depth	1
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Disabled access
Other information
Website	http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened	1900
Electrified	No
Services
Preceding station   Proastiakos Thessaloniki   Following station toward Thessaloniki Line 3 Terminus Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station toward Thessaloniki TrainOSE toward Ormenio toward Thessaloniki InterCity toward Alexandroupoli   Former service   Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station Rodopolis toward Thessaloniki Friendship Express Drama toward Istanbul
Location
Serres Location within Greece

Serres railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Σέρρες, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Sèrres) is a railway station that serves the community of Serres, in Serres in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) (25 Min walk) south of the settlement, but still within the settlement limits. The neoclassical station building (as of 2021) is unstaffed.

History[]

The station opened in 1900. Serres was annexed by Greece on 18 October 1912 during the First Balkan War. On 17 October 1925 The Greek government purchased the Greek sections of the former Salonica Monastir railway^[2] and the railway became part of the Hellenic State Railways, with the remaining section north of Florina seeded to Yugoslavia. In 1970 OSE became the legal successor to the SEK, taking over responsibilities for most of Greece's rail infrastructure. On 1 January 1971 the station, and most of Greek rail infrastructure where transferred to the Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation. Freight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly of OSE for the transport of agricultural products and fertilisers ended in the early 1990s. Many small stations of the network with little passenger traffic were closed down. On 9 September 2007, the station reopened. Since 2007, the station is served by the Proastiakos Thessaloniki services to New Railway Station. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network. Timetables were cutback, routes closed and stations left abandoned^[3] 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. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane^[4] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. In August 2021 two cars from a ten wagon fule train derailed close to the station.^[5]

Facilities[]

The station is still housed in the original 20th-century brick-built station building. As of (2020) the station is and slightly rundown.^[6] It is unstaffed. There is no footbridge over the lines, though passengers can walk across the rails and not wheelchair accessible. The station is equipped digital display screens or timetable poster boards. The is a cafe/restaurant.

Services[]

It is served by two long-distance trains between Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis. Proastiakos service terminates here, with stopping services to New Thessaloniki.^[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 Serres.

Station layout[]

L Ground/Concourse	Customer service	Tickets/Exits
Level Ε1
	Side platform, doors on the right/left
	Platform 1	Π3 towards Thessaloniki ←
	Island platform, doors on the right/left
	Platform 2	Intercity towards Thessaloniki () ←
	Island platform, doors on the right/left
	Platform 3	Intercity towards Alexandroupoli () →

References[]

External links[]

• Serres Station - National Railway Network Greek Travel Pages