Classic route
Proastiakos
Piraeus → Aigio · Greece
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.
- Distance
- 197 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 84 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmPiraeus +1
- 1 kmLefka +1
- 3 kmRentis +1
- 5 kmTavros +1
- 6 kmRouf +1
- 9 kmAthina +3
Show 18 more stations
- 12 kmAgii Anargyri +2
- 14 kmPyrgos Vasilissis +1
- 16 kmKato Acharnai +1
- 20 kmZefyri
- 20 kmAno Liosia
- 31 kmAspropyrgos
- 38 kmMagoula
- 51 kmNea Peramos
- 56 kmMegara
- 71 kmKineta
- 78 kmAgioi Theodoroi
- 97 kmCorinth
- 109 kmZevgolatio
- 121 kmKiato
- 124 kmDiminio
- 135 kmXylokastro
- 146 kmLykoporia
- 150 kmLygia
- 161 kmAkrata
- 168 kmPlatanos
- 176 kmDiakopto +1
- 182 kmEliki
- 187 kmAegion
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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
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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