Proastiakos Thessaloniki


Proastiakos Thessaloniki, or Thessaloniki Suburban Railway, is a three-line Proastiakos commuter rail service connecting Thessaloniki's New Railway Station with Edessa/Florina, Larissa and Serres. It is operated using Siemens Desiro multiple units ran by the TrainOSE, the passenger railway subsidiary of the Hellenic Railways Organisation.
Unlike the Proastiakos lines in Athens, the two lines served are rather medium-distance regional rail connections on three major axes to Edessa and Serres, Central Macedonia, and Larissa, Thessaly. Thessaloniki metropolitan area itself is served by the Metro Thessaloniki.

Lines

Proastiakos Thessaloniki consists of three lines:
Trains run from approximately 6:00am to 22:00pm daily on a fairly irregular basis, roughly once an hour. Both lines however somewhat complement each other between Thessaloniki and Platy. On 17 July 2014 services were cut back from eight to six services a day from Thessaloniki To Edessa.
RouteOpeningRouteLengthElectricTop SpeedStations
Line 1

–yes12
Line 2

–no17
Line 3 –158.9 km20

Expansion

The Greek government's National Transport Plan outlines the aspiration for a second link to Edessa, via Giannitsa serving Chalkidona and Pella along the way, of 50 km in length allowing a 30-minute reduction in journey time.