Lagyna railway station
Λαγυνά Lagyna | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Lagyna Evros Greece | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°05′10″N 26°18′05″E / 41.086136°N 26.301278°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | GAIAOSE[1] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad railway[2] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (1 disused) | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Hellenic Train | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible |   | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | http://www.ose.gr/en/ | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Electrified | No[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Lagyna railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Λαγυνά, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Lagyna) is a railway station that serves the village of Lagyna, Evros in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located close to the village centre, the station was (when) by the Chemins de fer Orientaux, (now part of OSE). Today Hellenic Train operates just 4 daily Regional trains[3] to Alexandroupoli and Ormenio. The station is unstaffed[4] however there are waiting rooms available. Didymoteicho is one of the northernmost operational railway stations in Greece.
History
The inhabitants came as refugees in 1922 from the village of Küplü (Küplü = big hare, Turkish: Küplü) of Eastern Thrace. The Lagyna railway station was built in the middle of the 20th century.
[5] In late 1970 the Hellenic State Railways was reorganised.[6] On 31 December 1970, Hellenic State Railways ceased to exist; the following day, all railways in Greece (with the exception of private industrial lines and E.I.S.) were transferred to Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation, responsible for most for Greece’s rail infrastructure and passenger services.
In the 1990s, OSE introduced the InterCity service to the Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad line[7] Which reduced travel times across the whole line.
In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network. Timetables were cut back, and routs closed as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. Services from Orestiada to Alexandroupoli were cut back to three trains a day, reducing the reliability of services and passenger numbers. On 13 February 2011, all international services were suspended due to the Greek financial crisis and subsequent budget cuts by the Greek government. As a result, all cross-border routes were closed, and international services (to Istanbul, Sofia, etc.) ended.[8] Thus, only two routes now connect Didymoteicho with Thessaloniki and Athens (and those with a connection to Alex / Polis), while route time increased as the network was "upgraded".[9]
In 2014 TrainOSE replaced services to/from Dikaia with buses[10] In 2017 OSE’s passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane[11] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. In July 2022, the station began being served by Hellenic Train, the rebranded TrainOSE.[12]
Following the Tempi crash, Hellenic Train announced rail replacement bus's[13] on certain routes across the Greek rail network, starting Wednesday 15th March 2023.[14]
Facilities
The original station buildings are rundown and almost abandoned. As of (2020) the station is unstaffed.
Services
As of 2020, Lagyna is only serviced by one daily pair of Regional trains, Alexandroupoli–Ormenio.[15]
Between July 2005 and February 2011[16] the Friendship Express (an international InterCity train jointly operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and TrainOSE linking Istanbul's Sirkeci Terminal, Turkey and Thessaloniki, Greece) passed through Lagyna, but did not call at the station.
As of October 2024 all services are run as a rail-replacement bus service.
Station layout
| L Ground/Concourse |
Customer service | Tickets/Exits |
| Level Ε1 |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Platform 3 | In non-regular use | |
| Island platform, doors open on the right/left | ||
| Platform 1 | →  towards Alexandroupoli (Filakto) ←
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| Island platform, doors to the left | ||
| Platform 2 | → towards Ormenio (Soufli) →
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References
- ^ "Home". gaiaose.com.
- ^ a b "Annexes". Network Statement (PDF) (2023 ed.). Athens: Hellenic Railways Organization. 17 January 2023. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Δρομολόγια ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ".
- ^ "Πύθιο: Παρατημένος καταστρέφεται ο πρώτος Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός εισόδου στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση". 12 May 2017.
- ^ Myrtsidis, Diamantis (2021). Η Ιστορία του Σιδηροδρόμου στον Έβρο (The History of Evros Railway) (in greek) (2nd ed.). Nea Vyssa: Myrtsidis. pp. 189–191. ISBN 978-618-00-3174-4.
- ^ Law 674/1971, Government Gazette A-192/1970
- ^ "Επειδή τα τραίνα είναι γεμάτα ανθρώπους και ιστορίες και όχι μόνο εισιτήρια και αριθμούς…". 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Important Greece Train Update". InterRail News. InterRailNet.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Google Translate". 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Κυκλοφοριακές ρυθμίσεις στο τμήμα Αλεξανδρούπολη – Δίκαια από την ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ".
- ^ "It's a new day for TRAINOSE as FS acquires the entirety of the company's shares". ypodomes.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "TrainOSE renamed Hellenic Train, eyes expansion". Kathimerini. Athens. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ GTP editing team. "Hellenic Train Services Replaced by Bus Routes". GTP. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ athens24, athens24 (14 March 2023). "Hellenic Train announces bus routes instead of trains | Athens24.com". www.athens24.com. athens24.com. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Myrtsidis, Diamantis (2021). Η Ιστορία του Σιδηροδρόμου στον Έβρο (The History of Evros Railway) (in Greek) (2nd ed.). Nea Vyssa: Myrtsidis. pp. 137–138. ISBN 978-618-00-3174-4.
- ^ "Δρομολόγια τρένων - ΟΣΕ".