Xanthi railway station


Xanthi railway station is a railway station that servers the city of Xanthi, in Xanthi in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located 3km southeast of the citycenter, but still within the city limits. The station is staffed, but only at peektimes, but has waiting rooms and a taxi rank.

History

The station opened in 1900. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network. Timetables where cutback and routs closed, as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. Services from Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis were cut back from six to just two trains a day, reducing the reliability of services, and passenger numbers. However, the station building remained open and staffed. In 2016 upgrade work on the line resulted in no stopping services between Drama and Xanthi. There is old abandoned boxcar shunted onto one of the sidetracks, very close to the station buildings.

Facilities

The station has waiting rooms, within the original brick-built station building. There is a cafe-ouzerie next door. The station is staffed, but only at peak times.

Services

It is served by two long-distance trains between Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis. On the 25 September 2016, as part of the planned upgrade ‘reorganization’ of the rail network, the Drama-Xanthi rail link was be suspended. The planned interruption was scheduled to take 6 to 9 months.
Between July 2005 and February 2011 the Friendship Express, made scheduled stops at Xanthi.