Scenic route
Palaiofarsalos–Kalambaka
Palaiofarsalos → Kalambaka · Greece
Palaiofarsalos–Kalambaka in pictures
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- Distance
- 80 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h
- Average speed
- 40 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- Hellenic Train
- Train
- Kalambaka railcar (change from Athens ICs)
- Countries
- Greece
- In service since
- 1886
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The branch to the monasteries in the sky: from the junction at Palaiofarsalos across the Thessalian plain to Kalambaka, beneath the sandstone pillars of Meteora. Athens trains connect here — no through service runs.
How this line was checked
- The 80 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 1270336 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line passes within 211 m of every station BusC1880 calls at (the planner's own shape was too coarse to measure a line against)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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