


It was during this time the station was rebuilt in the modernist style, in which the canopies still stand.įreight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly of OSE for the transport of agricultural products and fertilisers ended in the early 1990s. In 1971, the Hellenic State Railways was reorganised into the OSE taking over responsibilities for most of Greece's rail infrastructure. In 1970 OSE became the legal successor to the SEK, taking over responsibilities for most of Greece's rail infrastructure. In 1955 Thessaly Railways was absorbed into Hellenic State Railways (SEK). In 1932, the construction work was stopped and remains unfinished. But a year later, it was clear that the project would exceed the estimated costs many times over. In 1927, the relevant decisions were made starting in 1928, work was carried out on the construction of the new line from Kalambaka. Īfter the First World War, the Greek state planned the ambitious construction of several new rail lines and links, including a standard gauge line from Kalambaka onto Kozani and then Veroia creating a conversion of the route from Volos to Kalambaka on standard gauge. The Palaiofarsalos station opened in 1908 as Demerli at the meeting point between the metric line of the Thessaly Railways (S.Th.) and the standard line of the Piraeus-Demerli-Sinoron Railway (S.P.D.S.) or “Larissaykos”. It is served by intercity trains between Athens and Thessaloniki and by local trains to Kalambaka. It is situated at the junction of the main Piraeus–Platy railway and the branch line to Trikala and Kalambaka. It is located in the village Stavros, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Farsala. Palaiofarsalos railway station ( Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Παλαιοφαρσάλου, romanized: Sidirodromikós Stathmós Palaiofarsálou) is a railway station near Farsala in Larissa regional unit, Greece.
