Kiato railway station

Railway station in Corinthia, Greece

Preceding station	Hellenic Train		Following station
Xylokastro towards Aigio		Regional Kiato–Aigio	Terminus
Preceding station	Suburban Rail		Following station
Terminus		Line A4	Zevgolatio towards Piraeus

Location

Κιάτο
Kiato

Location within Greece

Kiato railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Κιάτου, romanized: Sidirodromikós Stathmós Kiátou) is a station^[3] in Kiato in the northern Peloponnese, Greece. The station is located 1 km west of the town, near the A8 motorway between Athens and Patras. It was opened on 9 July 2007. The station is served by the Athens Suburban Railway towards Piraeus and Hellenic Train local services to Aigio.^[4] It should not be confused with the now-closed station on the old Piraeus–Patras railway, which is located northeast of the current station, closer to the coast of the Corinthian Gulf.

History

It opened on 9 July 2007 as the western terminus of the new standard-gauge line from Athens Airport. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network.^[5] Timetables were cutback and routes closed, as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. Initially, Kiato railway station served as an exchange point for passengers to Patras on the old metre-gauge line from Piraeus, but all regional services on the metre-gauge lines of the Peloponnese were suspended indefinitely in December 2010^[6] for cost reasons.^[7] The old Kiato–Sikyona railway station [el] nearby was also closed. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane^[8] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. In July 2022, the station began being served by Hellenic Train, the rebranded TranOSE.^[9]

Facilities

The raised station is assessed via stairs or a ramp. It has one side platform and one island platform, with station buildings located on platform 1, with access to the platform level via stairs or lifts. The Station buildings are equipped with a booking office (not yet operational) and toilets. At platform level, there are sheltered seating, an air-conditioned indoor passenger shelter (as of 2020 not open) and Dot-matrix display departure and arrival screens and timetable poster boards on both platforms. There is a large car park on-site, adjacent to the eastbound line. Currently, there is no local bus stop connecting the station.

Services

Since 15 May 2022, this station serves the following routes:

Athens Suburban Railway Line A4 towards Piraeus, with up to one train per hour;^[10]
Hellenic Train local service towards Aigio, with six trains per day, from 07:00 to 20:00.^[11]

Pending the electrification of the Kiato–Aigio section, passengers must change between electric and diesel trains at Kiato. Those travelling to and from the airport may also take lines 1 and 2, changing trains at Kato Acharnai. Pending the completion of the Athens Airport–Patras railway, passengers travelling to and from Patras may use the TrainOSE bus lines which connect the city with Kiato, Diakopto and Aigio stations.^[12] Diakopto is also the terminus of the unique rack railway to Kalavryta.

Station layout

L Ground/Concourse	Customer service	Tickets/Exits
Level Ε1	Platform 1	In non-regular use
	Island platform, doors on the right
	Platform 2	to Piraeus (terminal platform) / Hellenic Train to Aigio (Xylokastro) ←
	Through lines	In non-regular use
	Platform 3	to Piraeus (Zevgolatio) / Hellenic Train from Aigio (terminal platform) →
	Side platform, doors on the right

Gallery

A pair of Siemens Desiro (OSE class 460) trains at Kiato station.
Replacement bus service for the suspended rail connection to Patras.
At Kiato station, the works in the first track of the station are about to begin. The project has consisted of various steps, and the final goal is the downgrade of the track, as in 2007, it was higher than the others so that the meter gauge trains could fit onto the platform. Now, as they're no more meter gauge trains there and the new line to Diakopto has almost been completed, the station must be ready. The works will start with the removal of the ballast and the track in order to dig the ground for the downgrading. The K2 is the ballast cleaner of Hellenic Railways and is the oldest maintenance rail machine that is still in use in the country. It was transferred on Sunday, 25 September, from A.I.Rentis depot to Kiato station, via Athens and the new line, hauled by MLW MX627 A 456 and A 458. This is a rare transfer not only because of the ballast cleaner but also for these MX627 locomotives that entered the line to Kiato.

References

^ "Home". gaiaose.com.
^ ^a ^b "Annexes". Network Statement (PDF) (2023 ed.). Athens: Hellenic Railways Organization. 17 January 2023. pp. 7–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Full steam ahead for new railway line in the Peloponnese - Greek City Times". 17 April 2019.
^ "Athens Suburban Railway". Athens: TrainOSE. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ "Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός - Μουσείο τρένων". Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
^ "ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ: Διακοπή δρομολογίων και αύξηση κομίστρων". 23 December 2010.
^ "ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ: Διακοπή δρομολογίων και αύξηση κομίστρων | naftemporiki.gr". Naftemporiki (in Greek). Athens. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ "It's a new day for TRAINOSE as FS acquires the entirety of the company's shares". ypodomes.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1188080/trainose-renamed-hellenic-train-eyes-expansion/ ^{[bare URL]}
^ Antoniou, George (20 June 2022). "Timetable: Piraeus-Athens-Kiato and Kiato-Athens-Piraeus" (PDF). Hellenic Train. Athens. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ "Hellenic Train Ticketing". Hellenic Train. Athens. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ "Itineraries (Buses) Kiato-Aigio-Patras" (PDF). Athens: TrainOSE. 20 July 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

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