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To Piraeus/Airport Προς Πειραιά/Αεροδρόμιο
An OSE class 460 train in the median strip of Attiki Odos, bound for Athens Airport.
Overview
Service type	Commuter rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Greece (Attica)
First service	30 July 2004; 20 years ago (2004-07-30)
Current operator(s)	Hellenic Train
Former operator(s)	TrainOSE
Website	www.hellenictrain.gr
Route
Termini	Piraeus 37°56′57″N 23°38′34″E / 37.9491°N 23.6428°E / 37.9491; 23.6428 Athens Airport 37°56′13″N 23°56′41″E / 37.936890°N 23.944700°E / 37.936890; 23.944700
Stops	19
Distance travelled	48.2 km (30.0 mi)
Average journey time	1 hour and 3 minutes
Service frequency	18 per-day
Line(s) used	Piraeus–Platy Athens Airport–Patras
On-board services
Class(es)	Standard class only
Seating arrangements	Airline style table bay
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	No
Observation facilities	Large windows in all carriages open-air carriage in middle of train
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks baggage carriage
Technical
Rolling stock	20 OSE class 460 EMUs
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph) (average) 200 km/h (124 mph) (highest)
Track owner(s)	OSE (Lines), Gaiose (Buildings)
Route map Legend   Athens Airport Koropi Paiania-Kantza Pallini Elliniko Metro│OSE Plakentias Line 3 via Syntagma Pentelis Kifisias Neratziotissa Irakleio Metamorfosi to Ano Liosia to Kiato to Chalcis   Kato Acharnes Pyrgos Vasilissis Agioi Anargyroi Athens Rouf Tavros Rentis Lefka   Piraeus Key planned interchange Athens Metro other lines This diagram: view talk edit

Line A1 is an Athens Suburban Railway (Proastiakos) line in Athens, Greece, managed by Hellenic Train. The service connects Piraeus with the Airport. The line shares a part of its course with lines A2 and A4 as well as Metro line 3, but also with line A3 at Athens. The first Suburban line was inaugurated on 30 July 2004, using 17 OSE Class 560 DMUs between Larissa Station (Now Athens) and the Airport. With the completion of the electrification of the sections of the line to Athens in 2017 and Piraeus in 2018. The line now exclusively uses OSE class 460 EMUs rolling stock.

History

The initial planning phase of the line provided for the use of express trains (Airport Express) from Piraeus to the Airport with intermediate stations only in Athens, Agioi Anargyroi, Neratziotissa, Kifissias and Dukisis Placentias, and with a journey time of half an hour. In the end, however, the need to connect the capital's international airport with the city's most central station, Syntagma, imposed the joint travel of Suburban and Metro from Doukissis Plakentias to the Airport.

Line A1 was put into operation on 30 July 2004, connecting Athens with the Airport without electrification. On 6 August 2004, one week after the inauguration of the line, the Neratziotissa was inaugurated. In 2006, the section from Neratziotissa to the Airport was electrified, which led to the addition of new routes along this section, operated by brand new Desiro 460 electrified trains. On 4 June 2007, the routes were extended from Athens to Piraeus. In July 2007, all Athens Suburban Railway services were transferred from OSE to TrainOSE.

With the extension to Ano Liosia was electrification in 2009, the line underwent a track change, connecting the Airport with Ano Liosia exclusively by electric EMUs. On 8 August 2010, Metamorfosi station opened, while in December of the same year, the line's routes were extended to Kato Acharnes on the occasion of the completion of electrification in this section. On 5 April 2011, the Acharnon Railway Center was opened.

In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, (Now Hellenic Train) currently, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. The line underwent another change of course on 30 July 2017, 13 years after its inauguration, due to the restructuring of the Suburban network on the occasion of the extension of electrification from Agioi Anargyrou to Athens central station. Then the itineraries between Athens and the Airport were restored with a new direct connection, exclusively with EMU trains. The route was extended to Piraeus again on 1 February 2018, after electrification of the remaining section.

Stations

Route services		Name	Connections		Location
			Connections Suburban	Other connections	Municipality	Regional unit	Region
Line 1 stations
●		Piraeus			Piraeus	Piraeus	Attica
●		Lefka
●		Rentis			Nikaia-Α.Ι.R.
●		Tavros			Moschato-Tavros	South Athens
●		Rouf			Athens	Central Athens
●	●	Athens
●	●	Agioi Anargyroi			Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero	West Athens
●	●	Pyrgos Vasilissis
●	●	Kato Acharnes			Acharnes	East Attica
●	●	Metamorfosi			Metamorfosi	North Athens
●	●	Irakleio			Irakleio, Attica
●	●	Neratziotissa			Maroussi
●	●	Kifisias
●	●	Pentelis			Vrilissia
●	●	Doukissis Plakentias			Chalandri
●	●	Pallini			Pallini	East Attica
●	●	Paiania–Kantza			Paiania
●	●	Koropi			Kropia
●	●	Athens Airport			Spata- Artemida

See also

• Hellenic Railways Organization
• Hellenic Train
• Proastiakos

References

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2. "Ηλεκτροκίνηση 3 Γέφυρες – Πειραιάς". ΕΡΓΟΣΕ. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
3. "ΣΚΑ – 3 Γέφυρες". ΕΡΓΟΣΕ. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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5. "Company". hellenictrain.gr/en. hellenictrain.gr. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
6. "ΣΚΑ – Κιάτο". ΕΡΓΟΣΕ. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
7. "Σε 55 λεπτά το δρομολόγιο Αθήνα - Κιάτο με τον προαστιακό σιδηρόδρομο". Τα Νέα. Αθήνα. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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9. "It's a new day for TRAINOSE as FS acquires the entirety of the company's shares". ypodomes.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
10. "Σημαντικές αλλαγές στον Προαστιακό Σιδηρόδρομο Αθήνας από 30/07/2017". ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

v t e Athens Suburban Railway (Proastiakos)
Line A1	Piraeus Lefka Rentis Tavros Rouf Athens Agioi Anargyroi Pyrgos Vasilissis Kato Acharnes Metamorfosi Irakleio Neratziotissa Kifisias Pentelis Doukissis Plakentias Pallini Paiania–Kantza Koropi Athens Airport
Line A2	Ano Liosia Acharnes Railway Center Metamorfosi Irakleio Neratziotissa Kifisias Pentelis Doukissis Plakentias Pallini Paiania–Kantza Koropi Athens Airport
Line A3	Athens Agioi Anargyroi Acharnes Railway Center Acharnes Dekeleia Agios Stefanos Afidnes Sfendali Avlona Agios Thomas Oinofyta Oinoi Dilesi Agios Georgios Kalochori-Panteichi Avlida Chalcis
Line A4	Piraeus Lefka Rentis Tavros Rouf Athens Agioi Anargyroi Pyrgos Vasilissis Kato Acharnes Zefyri Ano Liosia Aspropyrgos Magoula Nea Peramos Megara Kineta Agioi Theodoroi Corinth Zevgolatio Kiato Future stations Isthmos Michanikou Loutraki (c. 2025)

• Railway stations in Greece opened in 2004
• Railway stations in Greece opened in 2007
• Railway stations in Athens
• Railway stations in Greece opened in 1884