Feres railway station

Coordinates: 40°53′28″N 26°11′05″E / 40.8910°N 26.1848°E / 40.8910; 26.1848
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Hellenic Train
Φέρες
Feres
General information
LocationFeres
Evros
Greece
Coordinates40°53′28″N 26°11′05″E / 40.8910°N 26.1848°E / 40.8910; 26.1848
Owned byGAIAOSE[1]
Line(s)Alexandroupolis–Svilengrad railway[2]
Platforms2
Tracks4 (2 disused)
Train operatorsHellenic Train
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Platform levels1
ParkingYes (limited)
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Accessible
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
History
Opened1896?
ElectrifiedNo[2]
Services
Preceding station Hellenic Train Hellenic Train Following station
Alexandroupoli
Terminus
 Regional
Alexandroupoli–Ormenio
 Peplos
towards Ormenio
Location
Feres is located in Greece
Feres
Feres
Location within Greece
Map

Feres railway station (

Alexandroupoli and Ormenio. The station is unstaffed[4] however there are waiting rooms available, if open. Feres is the first stop after Alexandroupolis, as the railway heads north.[5]

History

The station was opened in 1874, two years after the line from

Alexandroupoli (then Dedeagac) to Istanbul via Edirne was completed.[6] Built by the Chemins de fer Orientaux (CO), from Istanbul to Vienna. The railway reached Ftelia in 1873, when the line from Istanbul to Edirne and Bulgaria was opened.[7] When the railway was built it was all within the Ottoman Empire. Feres (Ottoman: Feretzik) was one of the stations on this line.[8]

Until 1909 there was no connection between the lines Istanbul–Alexandroupoli and Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli (opened in 1896) at Alexandroupoli; a connection existed between Feres and Potamos (near current Avas).[8]

During World War I the railway was an important link as the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and Austria-Hungary were all

Alexandroupoli to Svilengrad, except for a short section of about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)[9] in Turkey serving Edirne Karaagaç station and for 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) between the Greek border and Svilengrad station in Bulgaria[10] come under the control of the French-Hellenic Railway Company
(CFFH), a subsidiary of the CO, when the CFFH was incorporated in July 1929.

Under the

Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad line[12]
Which reduced travel times across the whole line.

In 2009, with the

TrainOSE replaced services to/from Dikaia with buses[14]

In 2017

TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane[15] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. In July 2022, the station began being served by Hellenic Train, the rebranded TrainOSE.[16]

Facilities

The station is location at ground level, at the start of a T junction. with off road parking. The brick-built station building is now disused, as a result there are no platform facilities and the station is unstaffed. Both active platforms are simply a raised platform Surface, with no equipment. Despite the ground level, the station is not wheelchair assessable.

Services

As of 2020[update], the station is only served by one daily pair of regional trains Alexandroupoli–Ormenio.[17]

The station is severed by three local buses daily.

References

  1. ^ "Home". gaiaose.com.
  2. ^ a b "Annexes". Network Statement (PDF) (2023 ed.). Athens: Hellenic Railways Organization. 17 January 2023. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Δρομολόγια ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Πύθιο: Παρατημένος καταστρέφεται ο πρώτος Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός εισόδου στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση". 12 May 2017.
  5. ^ Δ. Μυρτσίδης (20 June 2012). "Το σιδηροδρομικό δίκτυο του Έβρου". Σιδηροδρομικά Νέα. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  6. ^ Δημήτριος Κίτσος, Ζαφειρία Κοσκίου και Φωτεινή Κυριακοπούλου (ed.). "Αλεξανδρούπολη: Εν αρχή ην … ο σιδηρόδρομος" (PDF). Πρόγραμμα Τοπικής Ιστορίας. 3ο Γυμνάσιο Αλεξ/πολης «Δόμνα Βισβίζη». pp. 34–35. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Trains of Turkey website". Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b Πέτρος Γ. Αλεπάκος. "Η γραμμή του Οθωμανικού Ενωτικού Σιδηροδρόμου Θεσσαλονίκης – Κωνσταντινούπολης (JSC) στο Δεδέαγατς". Πολίτης της Θράκης. 234 (Σεπτέμβριος 2010). Αναδημ. στο alepakos.blogspot.gr. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  9. ^ Modern measurement done on www.Openstreetmap.com indicate 10.2 km
  10. ^ Le Journal des chemins de fer, des mines et des TP, Paris, 29 March 1930 (in French)
  11. ^ Law 674/1971, Government Gazette A-192/1970
  12. ^ "Επειδή τα τραίνα είναι γεμάτα ανθρώπους και ιστορίες και όχι μόνο εισιτήρια και αριθμούς…". 18 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Google Translate". 2 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Κυκλοφοριακές ρυθμίσεις στο τμήμα Αλεξανδρούπολη – Δίκαια από την ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ".
  15. ^ "It's a new day for TRAINOSE as FS acquires the entirety of the company's shares". ypodomes.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  16. ^ "TrainOSE renamed Hellenic Train, eyes expansion". Kathimerini. Athens. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  17. ISBN 978-618-00-3174-4
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