External links
Media related to OSE Hellenic Railways Organization at Wikimedia Commons
- (in English) Official website
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| Company type | Private Anónimi Etaireía |
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| Industry | Railway transport, logistics and train maintenance |
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| Founded | 1 January 2001 |
| Headquarters | 301 Liossion steet, 10445 Athens , |
Area served | Greece |
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| 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]
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]
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.
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
Media related to OSE Hellenic Railways Organization at Wikimedia Commons
Hellenic Train S.A., formerly TrainOSE S.A., is a private railway company in Greece which operates passenger and freight trains on OSE lines. Hellenic Train employs train crews, operators and manages most of the rail services throughout the Greek railway network, leasing rolling stock owned by GAIAOSE except for ETR 470 trains.
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