Acharnes Railway Center

Σιδηροδρομικό Κέντρο Αχαρνών
Acharnes Railway Center

Location Acharnes, Athens
Greece
Coordinates 38°03′59″N 23°44′12″E / 38.06639°N 23.73667°E / 38.06639; 23.73667Coordinates: 38°03′59″N 23°44′12″E / 38.06639°N 23.73667°E / 38.06639; 23.73667
Owned by OSE
Line(s) Piraeus–Platy railway,
Athens Airport–Kiato railway[1]
Platforms 3 Side
Tracks 15 (2 for the Athens - Thessaloniki line, 1 for Proastiakos Trains, 1 for freight trains from Piraeus and Thriasion to Northern Greece, 4 tracks from/to Peloponnese and 7 unused tracks.
Construction
Platform levels 2
Parking Yes
History
Opened 5 April 2011
Services
Preceding station   Proastiakos   Following station
Agioi Anargyroi
towards Piraeus
Piraeus - Chalcis
Acharnes
towards Chalcis
towards Kiato
Kiato – Airport
Metamorfosi
towards Airport
Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station
Terminus
TrainOSE
toward Thessaloniki

SKA (1st phase, 2010)

Work in progress at Acharnai Railway Center,
while MLW diesel locomotive A-453 hauls
southbound freight train 54507 over the
existing Athens-Inoi line, 2008-02-01.
Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Legend
Fm Athens
Lykotrypa

SKA
Ano Liosia
Acharnai
To Inoi

The Acharnes Railway Center (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικό Κέντρο Αχαρνών) or SKA is a two-level railway station in the north of the Athens Metropolitan Area in the municipality of Acharnes, where some important railway lines converge. It is a busy passenger interchange station, opened in April 2011.[2]

Lines and Services

The lines that converge in the junction are:

As of 2013 the station is served by eight trains per day to Thessaloniki, one train per hour between the Airport and Kiato, three trains per hour between the Airport and Ano Liosia,[3] and one train per hour between Piraeus and Chalcis.[4]

Platforms

The station has 8 platforms, as well as one low level platform in the median of Attiki Odos Motorway. Currently, only this platform and two others are used.

Future

Usage of the 7 remaining platforms

Apart from the 2 platforms on the Athens to Thessaloniki Line and the Proastiakos platform low level platform, the station has 6 platforms that remain unused. Those platforms exist in order to accommodate future services, especially after the completion of the P.A.Th.E./P..

Metro Station
A future station has been proposed on line 5 of the Athens Metro. It will not open before 2030.

Criticism

Low usage of the station and its unnecessarily large size and number of platforms have led to the project being criticised as a white elephant.

References

See also

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