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To Piraeus/Airport Προς Πειραιά/Αεροδρόμιο
An OSE class 460 train in the median strip of Attiki Odos, bound for Athens Airport.
Overview
Service type	Commuter rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Greece (Attica)
First service	30 July 2004; 20 years ago (2004-07-30)
Current operator(s)	Hellenic Train
Former operator(s)	TrainOSE
Website	www.hellenictrain.gr
Route
Termini	Piraeus 37°56′57″N 23°38′34″E / 37.9491°N 23.6428°E / 37.9491; 23.6428 Athens Airport 37°56′13″N 23°56′41″E / 37.936890°N 23.944700°E / 37.936890; 23.944700
Stops	19
Distance travelled	48.2 km (30.0 mi)
Average journey time	1 hour and 3 minutes
Service frequency	18 per-day
Line(s) used	Piraeus–Platy Athens Airport–Patras
On-board services
Class(es)	Standard class only
Seating arrangements	Airline style table bay
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	No
Observation facilities	Large windows in all carriages open-air carriage in middle of train
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks baggage carriage
Technical
Rolling stock	20 OSE class 460 EMUs
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph) (average) 200 km/h (124 mph) (highest)
Track owner(s)	OSE (Lines), Gaiose (Buildings)
Route map Legend   Athens Airport Koropi Paiania–Kantza Pallini OSE│Elliniko Metro Plakentias Line 3 via Syntagma Pentelis Kifisias Neratziotissa Irakleio Metamorfosi Line A2 to Ano Liosia Line A3 to Chalcis Line A4 to Kiato   Kato Acharnes Pyrgos Vasilissis Agioi Anargyroi Athens Rouf Tavros Rentis Lefka   Piraeus Key planned interchange Athens Metro other lines This diagram: view talk edit

Line A1 is an Athens Suburban Railway (Proastiakos) line in Athens, Greece, managed by Hellenic Train. The service connects Piraeus with the Airport. The line shares a part of its course with lines A2 and A4 as well as Metro line 3, but also with line A3 at Athens. The first Suburban line was inaugurated on 30 July 2004, using 17 OSE Class 560 DMUs between Larissa Station (Now Athens) and the Airport. With the completion of the electrification of the sections of the line to Athens in 2017 and Piraeus in 2018. The line now exclusively uses OSE class 460 EMUs rolling stock.

History

The initial planning phase of the service provided for the use of express trains (Airport Express) from Piraeus to the Airport with intermediate stations only in Athens, Agioi Anargyroi, Neratziotissa, Kifissias and Dukisis Placentias, and with a journey time of half an hour. In the end, however, the need to connect the capital's international airport with the city's most central station, Syntagma, imposed the joint travel of Suburban and Metro from Doukissis Plakentias to the Airport.

The first section of what is now Line A1 opened on 30 July 2004: the standard gauge service ran from Athens to the Airport, using Class 560 diesel multiple units. Electric train services using Class 460 electric multiple units were introduced between Neratziotissa and the Airport in 2006. On 4 June 2007, diesel services were extended south from Athens to Piraeus, replacing the relevant part of the metre-gauge railway of the Piraeus–Patras railway that closed in August 2005.

Direct suburban railway services from Piraeus and Athens to the Airport were suspended on 6 July 2008, forcing passengers to change at Ano Liosia and (until 14 February 2009) Neratziotissa. Direct services were restored with the electrification of the Piraeus–Platy railway from Agioi Anargyroi to Athens on 30 July 2017, and then to Piraeus on 1 February 2018, when the last diesel services on what is now Line A1 ceased.

Stations

Route services		Name	Connections		Location
			Suburban connections	Other rail connections	Municipality	Regional unit	Region
Line 1 stations
●		Piraeus			Piraeus	Piraeus	Attica
●		Lefka
●		Rentis			Nikaia-Α.Ι.R.
●		Tavros			Moschato-Tavros	South Athens
●		Rouf			Athens	Central Athens
●	●	Athens
●	●	Agioi Anargyroi			Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero	West Athens
●	●	Pyrgos Vasilissis
●	●	Kato Acharnes			Acharnes	East Attica
●	●	Metamorfosi			Metamorfosi	North Athens
●	●	Irakleio			Irakleio, Attica
●	●	Neratziotissa			Maroussi
●	●	Kifisias
●	●	Pentelis			Vrilissia
●	●	Doukissis Plakentias			Chalandri
●	●	Pallini			Pallini	East Attica
●	●	Paiania–Kantza			Paiania
●	●	Koropi			Kropia
●	●	Athens Airport			Spata- Artemida

See also

• Hellenic Railways Organization
• Hellenic Train
• Proastiakos

References

1. "Home". gaiaose.com.
2. "Ηλεκτροκίνηση 3 Γέφυρες – Πειραιάς". ΕΡΓΟΣΕ. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
3. "ΣΚΑ – 3 Γέφυρες". ΕΡΓΟΣΕ. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
4. Chatziioannidou, Efis (31 July 2004). "And the commuter rail gets on track". Kathimerini (in Greek). Athens: Kathimerini Publishing. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
5. "Piraeus-Spata in 50 minutes by Suburban Railway". in.gr (in Greek). Athens: Alter Ego Media. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
6. "New Suburban Railway Timetable". Proastiakos (in Greek). Athens: OSE. 3 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2024. "Programme Timetable" (PDF). Proastiakos (in Greek and English). Athens: OSE. 27 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
7. "Changed timetables due to works". Proastiakos (in Greek). Athens: OSE. 12 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2024. "Map and timetable" (PDF). Proastiakos (in Greek and English). Athens: OSE. 29 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
8. "Important changes for the Athens Suburban Railway from 30/07/2017". TrainOSE (in Greek). Athens: OSE. July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2024. "Athens Suburban Railway (map)" (PDF). TrainOSE (in Greek and English). Athens: OSE. July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
9. "Direct services for Piraeus-Airport and Piraeus-Kiato from 1 February. Additional services between SKA-Koropi and vice versa for the better service of the employees". TrainOSE (in Greek). Athens. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2024. "Athens Suburban Railway Lines". TrainOSE (in Greek). Athens. 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
10. "Προαστιακές-Περιφερειακές Γραμμές Αθήνας" (PDF). Hellenic Train (in English and Greek). Αθήνα. 31 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

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