GAIAOSE

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GAIAOSE S.A.
Company type Private Anónimi Etaireía
Industry Railway transport, logistics and train maintenance
Predecessor
  • OSE (1970–2001)
Founded1 January 2001;24 years ago (2001-01-01)
Headquarters
301 Liossion steet, 10445 Athens
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Area served
Greece
Key people
  • Nikolaou Perikles (CEO) [1] [2]
  • Konstantinos Kesentes (Chairman of the Board) [3]
  • Panagiotis Valantasis (Chairman of the Audit Committee)
  • Konstantinos Stavridis (Board member)
  • Antonis Rovolis (Board member)
  • Stefanos Xekalakis (Board member)
  • Athanasios Chondrogiannis (Board member)
Products Rail transport, transport, services, property management
Owner Greek Government (100%)
Website https://www.gaiaose.com/

GAIAOSE SA is a public service company, 100% owned by the Greek government, [4] active in the fields of railway property management [5] and development [6] (lands and buildings) and rolling stock management. [7]

Contents

History

In 2001, the infrastructure element of OSE was spun off to form the second largest landowner (after the Church. [8] At the time of its creation the entire portfolio of OSE’s property was valued at 2 billion euros. [9] Since 2015 GAIAOSE SA has been as the administrator for the railway rolling stock, at the behest of the Greek State. [10] In 2023, 123 older, disused and condemned rolling stock units were set for auction in the first pilot scrapping project, as part of the fleet management program of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport [11]

Activity

GAIAOSE also maintains and leases rollingstock. The fleet being managed consists of 3752 vehicles (locomotive units, passenger and transport units). The largest part of this rolling stock, is leased and use by Hellenic Train (formally TrainOSE.

Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Konstantinos Kesentes [12] CEO, Nikolaou Perikles [13] Member (Chairman of the Audit Committee), Panagiotis Valantasis Member, Konstantinos Stavridis Member, Antonis Rovolis Member, Stefanos Xekalakis Member, Athanasios Chondrogiannis

Notes and references

  1. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS". GAIA OSE. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. "Interview with Mr. Nicolaou Perikles, CEO of GAIAOSE". PRISMA REPORTS. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS". GAIA OSE. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. "EDP dialogue visit to Greece". EUROSTAT. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  5. "Major overhaul planned for Greek railways | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  6. "GAIAOSE launched an international tender for the concession of the Thriasian Freight Transport Centre | Zepos & Yannopoulos". www.zeya.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  7. "Interview with Mr. Nicolaou Perikles, CEO of GAIAOSE". PRISMA REPORTS. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  8. "OSE set to cash in on land | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  9. "OSE set to cash in on land | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  10. "ROLLING STOCK MANAGEMENT". GAIA OSE. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  11. "Environmental and economic gains through GAIAOSE's auction of old rolling stock" (PDF). Growthfund.gr. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  12. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS". GAIA OSE. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  13. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS". GAIA OSE. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

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