Proastiakos (Greek: Προαστιακός, literally the Athens Suburban Railway) is the new suburban railway system of Athens, Greece. It currently connects "Larissa Station" (Athens Central Railway Station) with Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport. It will expand in a few years to reach Korinthos and Loutraki to the south, Thiva and Chalkida to the north and East Attica, as well as Piraeus and Elefsina. This new rail system is controlled by OSE (Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados, Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδος in Greek), which controlls all railways of Greece.

Proastiakos stations

Proastiakos currently serves the following stations:

From Larissa station

Larissa Station: Athens Central Railway Station, connection with Attiko Metro Line 2 (Aghios Antonios - Aghios Dimitrios)

• Heraklio

This line runs north of and runs almost entirely within GR-8A (Athens - Corinth - Patras), to west of the Eleusis tolls, the track runs northward, From west of the tolls to Kakia Skala and from Kineta to northwest of Agioi Theodoroi, the track runs southward, from near the refinery to near the Corinth (West) Interchange, the track runs north of the superhighway.

From Neratziotissa

Neratziotissa: close to the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (O.A.K.A.), connection with Metro Line 1 (ISAP) (Piraeus - Kifissia)

Kifisias: the station is located on each side of Kifisias Avenue, one of the largest avenues of Athens.

Plakentias

Plakentias: the station is located on Doukissis Plakentias Avenue, connection with Attiko Metro Line 3 (Monastiraki - Doukissis Plakentias - Airport)

• Pallini
• Kantza
• Koropi

Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport: located only a few meters from the Athens International Airport Central Terminal.

The Suburban Railway tracks also host the Attiko Metro trains with final destination the airport.

History

The markings of the future rail first began in 1994. The bridges for the future rail station did not show up until 1997. The uncompleted line reached about 3 km west of the future station. The uncompleted line showed up in the northern line. In the late-1990s, Route 6 of the Attiki Odos began construction and left the future line in the middle. When Attiki Odos first opened in March 2001, the middle part was left for the future Proastiakos line. In 2002, Attiki Odos was reduced to one land to make room for the construction of the Proastiakos. In 2003, the stones began to put near Eleftherios Venizelos Airport. In 2004, the poles began to be installed. In the area of the eastern section of the Attiki Odos (number 6), the line up to near the Doukissis Plakentias Interchange began to be opened and later, it was opened to Attiko Metro trains, a few months later, stones reached near Elefsina. In May work began to put stones at the line near Elefsina. In June, the lines reached near Elefsina, in the mid-2000s, the poles only reached near Acharnes, the line reached the Peloponnese and west of Corinth. In September, the tracks reached Kakia Skala and is presently reached Corinth. The poles have reached the Corinth station.

External links

• Proastiakos (Suburban Railway)
• OSE (Hellenic National Railways Organisation)
• Hellenic Ministry of Transportation and Communications