Line A1 (Athens Suburban Railway)

Last updated
To Piraeus/Airport
Προς Πειραιά/Αεροδρόμιο
OSE Baureihe 460.jpg
An OSE class 460 train in the median strip of Attiki Odos, bound for Athens Airport.
Overview
Service type Commuter rail
StatusOperating
Locale Greece (Attica)
First service30 July 2004;20 years ago (2004-07-30)
Current operator(s) Hellenic Train
Former operator(s)TrainOSE
Website www.hellenictrain.gr
Route
Termini Piraeus 37°56′57″N23°38′34″E / 37.9491°N 23.6428°E / 37.9491; 23.6428
Athens Airport 37°56′13″N23°56′41″E / 37.936890°N 23.944700°E / 37.936890; 23.944700
Stops19
Distance travelled48.2 km (30.0 mi)[ full citation needed ]
Average journey time1 hour and 3 minutes
Service frequency18 per-day
Line(s) used Piraeus–Platy Athens Airport–Patras
On-board services
Class(es) Standard class only
Seating arrangements
  • Airline style
  • table bay
Sleeping arrangementsNo
Catering facilitiesNo
Observation facilities
  • Large windows in all carriages
  • open-air carriage in middle of train
Baggage facilities
  • Overhead racks
  • baggage carriage
Technical
Rolling stock
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph) (average)
200 km/h (124 mph) (highest)
Track owner(s) OSE (Lines), Gaiose (Buildings) [1]

Line A1 is an Athens Suburban Railway (Proastiakos) line in Athens, Greece, managed by Hellenic Train. The service connects Piraeus with the Airport. The line shares a part of its course with lines A2 and A4 as well as Metro line 3, but also with line A3 at Athens. The first Suburban line was inaugurated on 30 July 2004, using 17 OSE Class 560 DMUs between Larissa Station (Now Athens) and the Airport. With the completion of the electrification of the sections of the line to Athens in 2017 and Piraeus in 2018. [2] [3] The line now exclusively uses OSE class 460 EMUs rolling stock.

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History

The initial planning phase of the service provided for the use of express trains (Airport Express) from Piraeus to the Airport with intermediate stations only in Athens, Agioi Anargyroi, Neratziotissa, Kifissias and Dukisis Placentias, and with a journey time of half an hour. In the end, however, the need to connect the capital's international airport with the city's most central station, Syntagma, imposed the joint travel of Suburban and Metro from Doukissis Plakentias to the Airport.[ citation needed ]

The first section of what is now Line A1 opened on 30 July 2004: the standard gauge service ran from Athens to the Airport, using Class 560 diesel multiple units. [4] Electric train services using Class 460 electric multiple units were introduced between Neratziotissa and the Airport in 2006. On 4 June 2007, diesel services were extended south from Athens to Piraeus, replacing the relevant part of the metre-gauge railway of the Piraeus–Patras railway that closed in August 2005. [5]

Direct suburban railway services from Piraeus and Athens to the Airport were suspended on 6 July 2008, forcing passengers to change at Ano Liosia and (until 14 February 2009) Neratziotissa. [6] [7] Direct services were restored with the electrification of the Piraeus–Platy railway from Agioi Anargyroi to Athens on 30 July 2017, and then to Piraeus on 1 February 2018, when the last diesel services on what is now Line A1 ceased. [8] [9]

Stations

Route
services
NameConnections [10] Location
Suburban
connections
Other rail
connections
MunicipalityRegional
unit
Region
Line 1 stations
Piraeus Athens Suburban Railway Line 4.svg Logo of the Athens Metro Operating Company (AMEL).svg Athens Metro Line 1.svg Athens Metro Line 3.svg Piraeus Piraeus Attica
Lefka Athens Suburban Railway Line 4.svg
Rentis Athens Suburban Railway Line 4.svg Nikaia-Α.Ι.R.
Tavros Athens Suburban Railway Line 4.svg Moschato-Tavros South Athens
Rouf Athens Suburban Railway Line 4.svg Athens Central Athens
Athens Athens Suburban Railway Line 4.svg Athens Suburban Railway Line 3.svg
  • Hellenic Train Symbol.svg
  • Logo of the Athens Metro Operating Company (AMEL).svg Athens Metro Line 2.svg
Agioi Anargyroi Athens Suburban Railway Line 4.svg Athens Suburban Railway Line 3.svg Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero West Athens
Pyrgos Vasilissis Athens Suburban Railway Line 4.svg
Kato Acharnes Athens Suburban Railway Line 4.svg Acharnes East Attica
Metamorfosi Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg Metamorfosi North Athens
Irakleio Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg Irakleio, Attica
Neratziotissa Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg Logo of the Athens Metro Operating Company (AMEL).svg Athens Metro Line 1.svg Maroussi
Kifisias Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg
Pentelis Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg Vrilissia
Doukissis Plakentias Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg Logo of the Athens Metro Operating Company (AMEL).svg Athens Metro Line 3.svg Chalandri
Pallini Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg Logo of the Athens Metro Operating Company (AMEL).svg Athens Metro Line 3.svg Pallini East Attica
Paiania–Kantza Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg Logo of the Athens Metro Operating Company (AMEL).svg Athens Metro Line 3.svg Paiania
Koropi Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg Logo of the Athens Metro Operating Company (AMEL).svg Athens Metro Line 3.svg Kropia
Athens Airport Athens Suburban Railway Line 2.svg Logo of the Athens Metro Operating Company (AMEL).svg Athens Metro Line 3.svg Spata-
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