Proastiakos

Athens’s fast electric suburban line skirts the Saronic Gulf and crosses the Corinth Canal on its run from the port of Piraeus out to Kiato — and since 2020 on along the Gulf of Corinth to Aigio.

Stations

1. 0 kmPiraeus
2. 1 kmΛεύκα
3. 3 kmΡέντης
4. 5 kmΤαύρος
5. 6 kmΡουφ
6. 9 kmΑθήνα
7. Show 18 more stations

   1. 12 kmΆγιοι Ανάργυροι
   2. 14 kmΠύργος Βασιλίσσης
   3. 16 kmΚάτω Αχαρναί
   4. 20 kmΖεφύρι
   5. 20 kmΆνω Λιόσια
   6. 31 kmΑσπρόπυργος
   7. 38 kmΜαγούλα
   8. 51 kmΝέα Πέραμος
   9. 56 kmΜέγαρα
   10. 71 kmΚινέτα
   11. 78 kmΆγιοι Θεοδώροι
   12. 97 kmCorinth
   13. 109 kmΖευγολατιό
   14. 121 kmΚιάτο
   15. 124 kmΔιμηνιό
   16. 135 kmΞυλόκαστρο
   17. 146 kmΛυκοποριά
   18. 150 kmΛυγιά
8. 161 kmΑκράτα
9. 168 kmΠλάτανος
10. 176 kmΔιακοπτό
11. 182 kmΕλίκη
12. 187 kmΑίγιο

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 8467515 (121 km), relation 12423298 (65 km) — 187 km of the route between them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 1308
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Proastiakos?

The Proastiakos runs 197 km from Piraeus to Aigio.

How long does the Proastiakos take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 20 min for the 197 km. That is an average of 84 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Proastiakos?

Hellenic Train, with Siemens Desiro (460).

How old is the Proastiakos?

The line has been in service since 2005. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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