Dikaia railway station


The Dikaia railway station is a railway station in Dikaia, Greece. It was opened in 1874 by the Oriental Railway. It is one of the northernmost operational railway station in Greece, close to both the Bulgarian and Turkish borders. TrainOSE operates three daily intercity trains to Alexandroupoli.

History

The station opened in 1874 when the line, built by the Chemins de fer Orientaux, managed by Maurice de Hirsch, as part of the CO's contract to build a line from Istanbul to Vienna. When the railway was built it was all within the Ottoman Empire. During World War I the railway was an important link as the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary were all Central Allies. On 14 December 1916 Allied aeroplanes bombed the bridge over the river Evros.
In 2020 it was announced that section of line between Pythio and Ormenio was to be upgraded, at a cost of €1.4m as part of an ambitious integrated intergovernmental transport plan which will see this, and 39 other transport sector projects be built, with financing from the European Commission with a total of €117 million. The package of measures aims to build or improve transport connections and connectivity across Europe, with a focus on sustainable transport. The project for the Pythian-Ormenio section envisions upgrading the existing line infrastructure and trackbed, dubbling of the track as well as the installation of electrification signalling along the entire stretch, with the aim of improving freight transport with Bulgaria and Turkey.

Facilities

The station is equipped with waitingrooms.

Services

, the station is only served by two daily pairs of regional trains Alexandroupoli–Ormenio. There are currently no services to Svilengrad.

Station layout