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Train routes in Greece
13 routes · classic 9 · scenic 2 · heritage 1 · mountain 1
13 routes cross Greece in the World Train Map atlas. The longest is the Hellenic InterCity at 481 km; the fastest is the Hellenic InterCity, running up to 200 km/h; the oldest line dates to 1874. Every route links to its facts, photo and story, and to the interactive world map.
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Classic (9)
- Hellenic InterCity
Past Thermopylae and under Mount Olympus. Greece’s spine line, now run by tilting Italian arrows.
Wikipedia ↗ - Evros Line
Two and a half hours up the Evros with Turkey out of the right-hand window the whole way, on a line the Oriental Railway opened in 1874 and a border drawn across it in 1923.
- 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.
Wikipedia ↗ - Thrace InterCity
Greece’s only train across Thrace: 440 km laid in 1896 for the Salonika–Constantinople railway, threading the Nestos gorge between Drama and Xanthi.
Wikipedia ↗ - Thessaloniki–Florina
West on the 1894 Salonika–Monastir line: orchard country past Veroia, Edessa of the waterfalls, then the high lakes plateau to Florina.
Wikipedia ↗ - Proastiakos Patras Π2
Eight metre-gauge kilometres north along the Gulf of Patras to Rio, under the cables of the Rio–Antirrio bridge, on track reopened for the suburban in July 2010.
Wikipedia (EL) ↗ - Proastiakos Patras Π1
West out of Patras on the old metre-gauge Pyrgos line, running the beach villages of the Achaean coast to Kato Achaia, which got its trains back in February 2020.
Wikipedia (EL) ↗ - Athens–Chalkida
Athens’s other suburban artery: up the mainline past Oinoi, then the 1904 branch down to the Euripus strait at Chalkida, the gateway to Evia.
Wikipedia ↗ - Proastiakos Airport Line
Port to plane on one ticket: from Piraeus through central Athens, then east along the Attiki Odos motorway median to the airport at Spata.
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Scenic (2)
- Palaiofarsalos–Kalambaka
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.
Wikipedia ↗ - Katakolo–Olympia Train
Greece’s first provincial railway (1882–83) reborn as a cruise shuttle: a metre-gauge railcar links Katakolo’s quay with the sanctuary of Ancient Olympia.
Wikipedia (EL) ↗
Heritage (1)
- Pelion Railway
Evaristo de Chirico’s 600 mm mountain railway on Mt Pelion curls over his iron-and-stone bridge near Milies through olive and apple groves.
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Mountain (1)
- Odontotos Rack Railway
An 1896 rack line climbs 700 m up the sheer Vouraikos gorge to Kalavryta, through tunnels and along ledges cut above the torrent.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
What is the fastest train in Greece?
The Hellenic InterCity, running Athens to Thessaloniki at up to 200 km/h. It is one of 13 routes in Greece in this atlas.
Are there night trains in Greece?
Not in this atlas. Greece has 13 routes here and none of them is a scheduled sleeper, though night trains from neighbouring countries may still reach it.
Can you cross the border by train from Greece?
No route in this atlas crosses a land border out of Greece. Every line listed here begins and ends inside the country.
Which is the most scenic railway in Greece?
Greece has 3 scenic or mountain lines in this atlas. The longest is the Palaiofarsalos–Kalambaka, 80 km.