Xanthi railway station

Ξάνθης Xànthi
Location	67100 Xanthi[1] Xanthi Greece
Coordinates	41°07′26″N 24°53′33″E / 41.1239°N 24.8925°E / 41.1239; 24.8925Coordinates: 41°07′26″N 24°53′33″E / 41.1239°N 24.8925°E / 41.1239; 24.8925
Owned by	GAIAOSE[2]
Line(s)	Regional Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli railway[3]
Platforms	2
Tracks	7 (1 mothballed)
Train operators	TrainOSE
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Staffed (Peaktime only)
Website	http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened	1900
Electrified	No
Services
Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station toward Thessaloniki TrainOSE Komotini toward Ormenio toward Thessaloniki InterCity toward Alexandroupoli   Former service   Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station Drama toward Thessaloniki Friendship Express Komotini toward Istanbul
Location
Xanthi Location within Greece

Xanthi railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Ξάνθης, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Xànthi) is a railway station that servers the city of Xanthi, in Xanthi in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located 3km southeast^[4] of the citycenter, but still within the city limits. The station (as of 2019) is staffed, but only at peektimes, but has waiting rooms and a taxi rank.

History[]

The station opened in 1900. Xanthi 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, routes closed and stations left abandoned^[6] 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 2016 upgrade^[7] work on the line resulted in no stopping services between Drama and Xanthi.^[8] There is old abandoned boxcar shunted onto one of the sidetracks, very close to the station buildings. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane^[9] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE.

Facilities[]

The station has waiting rooms, within the original brick-built station building. There is a cafe-ouzerie next door.^[4] The station is staffed, but only at peak times.

Services[]

It is served by two long-distance trains between Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis. On the 25 September 2016, as part of the planned upgrade ‘reorganization’ of the rail network, the Drama-Xanthi rail link was be suspended. The planned interruption was scheduled to take 6 to 9 months.^[10]

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 Xanthi.

External links[]

• Xanthi Station - National Railway Network Greek Travel Pages

References[]

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