Sindos railway station

Σίνδος Sindos
Location	Delta 574 00 Thessaloniki Greece
Coordinates	40°40′27″N 22°48′20″E / 40.674154°N 22.805510°E / 40.674154; 22.805510Coordinates: 40°40′27″N 22°48′20″E / 40.674154°N 22.805510°E / 40.674154; 22.805510
Owned by	OSE
Line(s)	Express   Regional Piraeus–Platy railway[1] and Thessaloniki–Bitola railway[2]
Platforms	2
Tracks	5
Train operators	TrainOSE
Connections	[1]
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened	1877
Rebuilt	9 September 2007
Electrified	25 kV AC[3]
Services
Preceding station   Proastiakos   Following station Thessaloniki Terminus Line 1 Adendro toward Larissa Thessaloniki Terminus Line 2 Adendro toward Florina Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station Thessaloniki Terminus Regional Adendro toward Palaiofarsalos Thessaloniki Terminus Line 2 Adendro toward Florina Thessaloniki Terminus Express Adendro toward Kalambaka
Location
Sindos, Central Macedonia Location within Greece

Sindos railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Σίνδος, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Sindos) is a railway station that serves the suburb of Sindos in the municipality of Delta, Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Opened on 9 September 2007, along with the suburban railway. The station is served by Regional stopping services Florina, Kalambaka, Palaiofarsalos and Thessaloniki, and since 9 September 2007 by Proastiakos Thessaloniki services to Larissa, Edessa, and Thessaloniki.^[4] In the future, the station will join the Thessaloniki Metro through an extension from NSSTH and Kordelio. The old station building will house the museum of the Balkan Games.

History[]

Opened in 1877 in what was then the Ottoman Empire, by the Société du Chemin de Fer ottoman Salonique-Monastir, a branchline of the Chemins de fer Orientaux from Thessaloniki to Bitola. During this period Northern Greece and the southern Balkans where still under Ottoman rule. Sindos 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^[5] 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 and routes closed, as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane^[6] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE.

Facilities[]

The station has waiting rooms. There is lift access to the platforms. There is a taxi rank and Parking in the forecourt.

Services[]

The station is served by Regional stopping services to Palaiofarsalos, Thessaloniki and Florina,^[7] and since 9 September 2007 by Proastiakos Thessaloniki services to Katerini and Larissa, Edessa, and Thessaloniki.^[8]

Station layout[]

L Ground/Concourse	Customer service	Tickets/Exits
Level Ε1
	Side platform, doors on the right/left
	Platform 1A	Π1 towards Thessaloniki ←
	Platform 1B	Π2 towards Thessaloniki ←
	Platform '	Intercity towards Thessaloniki (Terminus) ←
	Platform '	Intercity towards Athens (Larissa) →
	Platform 2A	Π1 towards Larissa (Adendro) →
	Platform 2B	Π2 towards Edessa (Adendro) →
	Side platform, doors on the right

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