Athens Suburban Railway#Lines and services

"Proastiakos SA" was founded in 2003 as a subsidiary of OSE to serve the operation of the suburban network in the urban complex of Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games. The first line, linking central Athens with Athens International Airport, was inaugurated on 30 July 2004, two weeks before the 2004 Olympic Games. This first section was not electrified and operated DMU'S every half hour.{{cite news|title=Και ο προαστιακός σιδηρόδρομος μπήκε σε τροχιά|url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/190156/article/epikairothta/ellada/kai-o-proastiakos-sidhrodromos-mphke-se-troxia|access-date=11 August 2020|newspaper=Η Καθημερινή|date=31 July 2004|location=Αθήνα}} In January 2005 the test routes to Corinth started and the line was delivered to the public on 27 September that same year.{{cite web|title=Προαστιακός: Ξεκίνησε η νέα γραμμή Αθήνα-Κόρινθος|url=https://www.euro2day.gr/news/economy/article/87542/proastiakos-xekinhse-h-nea-grammh-athhna-korinthos.html|publisher=euro2day.gr|access-date=11 August 2020|date=26 Sep 2005}} Also in 2005 Proastiakos was absorbed by the company TRAINOSE SA., which was now responsible for providing all rail passenger and commercial transport. In 2007, with the completion of the works of the Airport-Patras line to Kiato, Proastiakos expanded services on what is now Line 5{{cite news|last=Κασσίμη|first=Αλεξάνδρα|title=Ο προαστιακός από τον Ιούλιο πάει Κιάτο με... 200 χιλιόμετρα|url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/289148/article/epikairothta/ellada/o-proastiakos-apo-ton-ioylio-paei-kiato-me-200-xiliometra|access-date=11 August 2020|newspaper=Η Καθημερινή|date=15 June 2007|location=Αθήνα}} while in 2009 services where expanded to Chalkida forming Line 3.{{cite news|title=Ο προαστιακός έπιασε... Χαλκίδα|url=https://www.tanea.gr/2009/06/06/greece/o-proastiakos-epiase-xalkida-2/|access-date=11 August 2020|newspaper=Τα Νέα|date=6 June 2009|location=Αθήνα}} TrainOSE has been operating since 2008 as a company independent of OSE, still using the Proastiakos emblem. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network. Timetables were cut back, and routes closed as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. Services from Athens Airport & Athens were cut back, with some ticket offices closing, reducing the reliability of services and passenger numbers.

However, from 2010, the electrification works of the lines with 25 kV AC, 50 Hz began to be completed, allowing the use of the Siemens Desiro 460 trains. The electrification projects were completed in the SKA department. - Kiato in 2010,{{cite web|title=ΣΚΑ – ΚΙΑΤΟ|date=20 March 2018 |url=https://www.ergose.gr/project/ska_kiato/|publisher=ΕΡΓΟΣΕ|access-date=11 August 2020|location=Αθήνα}}{{cite news|title=Σε 55 λεπτά το δρομολόγιο Αθήνα - Κιάτο με τον προαστιακό σιδηρόδρομο|url=https://www.tanea.gr/2011/04/11/greece/se-55-lepta-to-dromologio-athina-kiato-me-ton-proastiako-sidirodromo/|access-date=11 August 2020|newspaper=Τα Νέα|date=11 April 2011|location=Αθήνα}} on the Oinoi–Chalcis line in 2013,{{cite web|title=ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΚΙΝΗΣΗ ΟΙΝΟΗ – ΧΑΛΚΙΔΑ|date=20 March 2018 |url=https://www.ergose.gr/project/ilektrokinisi_oinoi_chalkida/|publisher=ΕΡΓΟΣΕ|access-date=11 August 2020|location=Αθήνα}} in the sections SKA-Oinoi and Treis Gefyres – SKA in 2015,{{cite web|title=ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΚΙΝΗΣΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΗΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ – ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ|date=20 March 2018 |url=https://www.ergose.gr/project/ilektrokinisi_grammis_athina_thessaloniki/|publisher=ΕΡΓΟΣΕ|access-date=11 August 2020|location=Αθήνα}} and finally in the section Three Bridges – Piraeus in 2018.{{cite web|title=ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΚΙΝΗΣΗ 3 ΓΕΦΥΡΕΣ – ΠΕΙΡΑΙΑΣ|date=5 September 2018 |url=https://www.ergose.gr/project/ilektrokinisi_3_gefyres_peiraias/|publisher=ΕΡΓΟΣΕ|access-date=11 August 2020|location=Αθήνα}} In fact, the advent of electrification in SS. Athens on 30 July 2017 led to the modification of the lines of the Suburban Railway to have as a starting point the central station of the capital.{{cite web|title=Σημαντικές αλλαγές στον Προαστιακό Σιδηρόδρομο Αθήνας από 30/07/2017|url=http://www.trainose.gr/σημαντικές-αλλαγές-στον-προαστιακό-σ/|publisher=ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ|access-date=11 August 2020|location=Αθήνα}} In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane{{cite web|title=It's a new day for TRAINOSE as FS acquires the entirety of the company's shares |url=http://www.ypodomes.com/index.php/special-editions/news-in-english/item/42688-it-s-a-new-day-for-trainose-as-fs-acquires-the-entirety-of-the-company-s-shares |website=ypodomes.com|access-date=14 September 2017}} infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. On 1 February 2018, the electrification of the Piraeus-Athens Central station section of the network was completed.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, TrainOSE provide free antiseptic gel to the passenger public in order to disinfect those who use the commuter train.{{Cite web|url=https://www.athensvoice.gr/greece/628803_koronoios-antisiptika-ston-proastiako-tis-athinas-eikona|title=Κορωνοϊός: Αντισηπτικά στον προαστιακό της Αθήνας (εικόνα)|website=Athens Voice|date=11 March 2020 }}

{{as of|since=y|2023|8|1}}, the Athens Suburban Railway consists of four lines. Line A1 runs between {{stn|Piraeus}} and {{stn|Athens Airport}}, while Line A2 reinforces the preceding service along the median of the A6 motorway between the Airport and {{rws|Ano Liosia}}. Line A3 runs between {{rws|Athens}} and {{rws|Chalcis}}, and Line A4 runs between Piraeus and {{rws|Kiato}}.{{cite web|title=Athens Suburban Railway|url=https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en/athens-suburban-railway|website=Hellenic Train|access-date=26 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026015429/https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en/athens-suburban-railway|archive-date=26 October 2022|location=Athens|date=26 October 2022}} The train service between Kiato and {{rws|Aigio}} is a local Peloponnese service.{{cite web|last1=Papaioannou|first1=Ioanna|title=Train schedule from 11 June 2023|url=https://www.hellenictrain.gr/sites/default/files/2023-06/ΔΡΟΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ%20ΤΡΕΝΩΝ%20ΑΠΟ%2011-06-2023_0.pdf|website=Hellenic Train|access-date=25 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625161656/https://www.hellenictrain.gr/sites/default/files/2023-06/ΔΡΟΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ%20ΤΡΕΝΩΝ%20ΑΠΟ%2011-06-2023_0.pdf|archive-date=25 June 2023|location=Athens|page=7|language=el|date=19 June 2023}} The Athens Suburban Railway operates from 4:30 am to midnight daily, and there are 45 stations in the network.

On 18 January 2012, services were "temporarily" suspended on routes from Piraeus - Ano Liossia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.athenstransport.com/2012/06/proastiakos-7/|title=Υπολειτουργεί ο Προαστιακός της Αθήνας, αλλά παραδίδονται νέοι σταθμοί|date=25 June 2012}} According to a TrainOSE spokesperson, the interruption is due to technical problems; however no information on the progress of any work was given, services were rerouted via SKA.

The following table lists the routes and the stations for the Athens Suburban Railway since 15 May 2022. Line numbers were introduced on 1 August 2023.

The spelling of the station names on this table, in English and Greek, are according to the signage.

The suburban railway connects with other rail services at the following stations:

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The suburban train, in the sections Magoula-Koropi and Piraeus-Dhekelia are part of the urban zone of OASA, therefore the single ticket that is used and combined with all means of transport in Athens is valid.{{cite web|title=Μέσα Κομίστρου|url=https://www.athenacard.gr/komistra.dev|publisher=ΟΑΣΑ Α.Ε.|access-date=11 August 2020}} Outside the urban area, a different ticket is valid, which is priced in stages and issued by Hellenic Train.

==Photography on the network==

The photography in the publicly accessible areas of both OSE and the Athens Suburban Railway (defined as passenger space on trains and at stations) is permitted, as the right of photographers to photograph within the Suburban Railway is covered by the Constitution. The issue was mediated by the Ombudsman between 2004 and 2008 on the occasion of the attempt to temporarily ban photography during the Olympic Games. The court ruled that "the requirement of a 'photography permit' is tantamount to a ban" and that "there is no legal authority to impose restrictions on the right to photograph spaces and slides by definition accessible to the public".[http://www.synigoros.gr/resources/docs/199930.pdf Απαγόρευση φωτογράφησης σιδηροδρομικών εγκαταστάσεων] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314231156/http://www.synigoros.gr/resources/docs/199930.pdf |date=2016-03-14 }} Συνήγορος του Πολίτη

• Additional station in Kryoneri by 2026.[https://www.metaforespress.gr/autokinitodromoi/η-αττική-οδός-ανέλαβε-την-εκπόνηση-μελ/ Η Αττική Οδός ανέλαβε την εκπόνηση μελετών για τις οδικές και σιδηροδρομικές επεκτάσεις σε Ραφήνα και Λαύριο]{{Cite web|url=https://www.tovima.gr/2019/05/16/society/o-proastiakos-tha-kanei-stasi-se-kryoneri-kai-geraka/|title=Ο Προαστιακός θα κάνει στάση σε Κρυονέρι και Γέρακα|last=Ολγα|first=Κλώντζα|date=2019-05-16|website=Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online|language=el|access-date=2019-05-18}}{{Cite web |last=Καραγιάννης |first=Νίκος |date=2023-12-12 |title=Υπογράφεται ο νέος σταθμός του Προαστιακού στο Κρυονέρι |url=https://ypodomes.com/ypografetai-i-symvasi-gia-ton-neo-stathmo-toy-proastiakoy-sto-kryoneri-poy-tha-kataskeyastei/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Ypodomes.com |language=el}}
• Additional station in Gerakas.

• Larissa Station-Agios Dionysios via Piraeus connection with Cretan ships, (with the final destination being Thessaloniki)
• Reopening the suburban double line from SKA to Ano Liosia, MAK, Neoktista,{{Cite web|url=http://portal.tee.gr/portal/page/portal/teetkm/DRASTHRIOTHTES/EKDHLVSEIS/EKDHLWSEIS_2004-2006/METRO%20-%20YPOTHALASSIA%20ARTHRIA/Tab5871262/%C7%20%C1%D4%D4%C9%CA%CF%20%CC%C5%D4%D1%CF%20%C1%C5.pdf|title=H ATTIKO MEΤΡΟ ΑΕ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ}} Aspropyrgos Refineries, Old Aspropyrgos Station, and Elefsina, with the service of Hellenic Petroleum.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ypodomes.com/index.php/statheri-troxia/sidirodromoi/proastiakos-athinas/item/45007-ypodomon-kai-elpe-ksanazontaneyoun-tin-sidirodromiki-grammi-ska-elefsina |title=Υποδομών και ΕΛΠΕ ξαναζωντανεύουν την σιδηροδρομική γραμμή ΣΚΑ-Ελευσίνα |access-date=2018-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204034457/http://www.ypodomes.com/index.php/statheri-troxia/sidirodromoi/proastiakos-athinas/item/45007-ypodomon-kai-elpe-ksanazontaneyoun-tin-sidirodromiki-grammi-ska-elefsina |archive-date=2018-02-04 |url-status=dead }} The Elefsina line is planned to continue to Loutropyrgos and the old Megaron railway with a single regular line.ΕΡΓΟΣΕ Μελέτες
• Reopening from Agios Apostolos to Isthmus.

A nine-station, 32 km extension of the Athens Suburban Railway from Koropi to Lavrio was announced in 2016, potentially connecting 300,000 more people to the rail network at a cost of €160 million.{{cite web |title=Koropi – Lavrio |url=https://www.ergose.gr/project/koropi_lavrio/?lang=en |publisher=ERGOSE |access-date=23 August 2020 |location=Athens |date=21 March 2018}}{{cite web |title=Suburban Train to Pull in to Lavrio Port by 2019 |url=https://news.gtp.gr/2016/11/29/suburban-train-lavrio-port-2019/ |website=GTP Headlines |access-date=23 August 2020 |date=29 November 2016}} The project involves the construction of two new stations at Markopoulo and Lavrio Port, and five intermediate stops at Kalyvia, Keratea, Daskaleio, Thorikos and Kyprianos.[https://www.ergose.gr/project/koropi_lavrio Κορωπί-Λαύριο] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622120924/https://www.ergose.gr/project/koropi_lavrio/ |date=2020-06-22 }} ΕΡΓΟΣΕ The Athens-Lavrio distance will be 55 minutes and Koropi-Lavrio 28 minutes with the completion of the extension.{{Citation |title=Athens–Lavrion Railway |date=2025-06-01 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Athens%E2%80%93Lavrion_Railway&oldid=1293373011 |access-date=2025-06-01 |language=en}}

In February 2019, OSE accepted a bid for the €12 million project to convert the former metre-gauge line between Isthmos and Loutraki to standard gauge, connect it to the Athens Airport–Patras railway and reopen it to passenger traffic by November 2021.{{cite web |title=Isthmos – Loutraki |url=https://www.ergose.gr/project/isthmos_loutraki/?lang=en |publisher=ERGOSE |access-date=23 August 2020 |location=Athens |date=7 June 2018}} Mytilineos–Xanthakis was selected as the contractor of the project. Due to an appeal by a rival bidder, the signing of the contract was delayed until 12 June 2019.{{cite web |title=Προαστιακός στο Λουτράκι: Κλείδωσε η ημερομηνία υπογραφής της σύμβασης |url=https://www.peloponnisosnews.gr/2019/06/01/προαστιακός-στο-λουτράκι-κλείδωσε-η-η/ |website=PeloponnisosNews Online |access-date=23 August 2020 |location=Corinth |language=el |date=1 June 2019}} The project consists of the electrification of the Isthmos–Loutraki line and building two new stops, one at Casino and the other in Loutraki.[https://steroumel.com/images/asmap.png Xάρτης Προαστιακού Αθηνών 2021 με μελλοντικές επεκτάσεις συντάκτης Στέργιος Ρουμελιώτης]

A €40 million branch line from Doukissis Plakentias station to the town of Rafina has also been proposed.{{cite web |last=Toniolos |first=Panagis |title=Οδική και Σιδηροδρομική σύνδεση Ραφήνας |url=http://library.tee.gr/digital/m2628/m2628_toniolos1.pdf |publisher=ADT OMEGA |access-date=23 August 2020 |language=el}} with an extension to the Airport via Artemida and Rafina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrntaJoEG6A|title=Χ.Σπίρτζης:Είχαμε συγκεκριμένο σχέδιο για όσους που σήκωσαν τα βάρη των μνημονίων|06/06/19|ΕΡΤ|date=6 June 2019 |via=www.youtube.com}}

• Hellenic Railways Organisation
• Hellenic Train
• Proastiakos
• Public transport in Athens
• Athens Metro
• Athens Airport–Patras railway
• Piraeus–Patras railway
• Proastiakos Patras
• Thessaloniki Regional Railway (formerly the Thessaloniki Suburban Railway)
• Rail transport in Greece

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