affects the economic crisis in Greece is gradually also to neighboring countries. With the beginning of 2011 closed down by the loss-Greek train many connections, so presumably the Connection Salonika - Skopje - Belgrade.
train broke: decommissioning of railways in Greece
The program for the rehabilitation of the railway in Greece from the beginning of 2011 several railway lines shut down and even international calls terminated.
The law provided for the rehabilitation program of the Greek Railways (OSE) provides from 01 January 2011 not only drastic increases in fares, but also the thinning or elimination of traffic on many rail lines before. This framework is particularly in northern Greece and the Peloponnese as the closure of unprofitable characterized lines of. As a result of these drastic measures, after a ten year period of significant investment in expanding the national rail network, but ultimately remain only a trunk network which is mainly due to the major axis Athens - Thessaloniki limited and some local routes.
According to a recent announcement of TRAINOSE in early 2011, the movement of passenger trains on the following routes and tracks and the scheduled traffic of the trains being on these routes, or be set final:
Athens - Alexandroupolis - Athens
Thessaloniki - Florina - Thessaloniki
Larissa - Kalambaka - Larissa
Patras - Pyrgos - Kalamata - Patras Kalamata
- Messini - TEI - Kalamata
Corinth - Tripoli - Nafplio - Corinth
Thessaloniki - Skopje - Belgrade - Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki - Sofia - Bucharest - Thessaloniki Thessaloniki
- Istanbul - Thessaloniki
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Train Line Skopje - Solun No More?
Saturday, 25 December 2010
Skopje and will no longer be connected Solun after New Year. This was announced last night by Greece's Railway System, however the announcement was removed this morning from their website. GR railway officials were not available for comment. The Macedonian Railway representatives say they have not heard of such decision from the southern neighbor.
As per the announcement, Greek Railways will disconnect the "Belgrad - Skopje - Solun" line in order to decrease its debt. After January 2011, the plan was to reduce the number of lines and increase ticket prices 50 to 75%.
If the decision to interrupt the Skopje - Solun train line is definitive, Athens will face some serious sanctions for unilaterally preventing an international railway transit.
The Skopje - Solun rail line was part of the first Macedonian railway line, started when the southern city was part of Macedonia. It is therefore the oldest rail line in Southern Europe, dating back to 1873rd
Although the original line had started as Skopje - Solun, a year later expanded to Mitrovica and then to Belgrade. Today, the transit line services Vienna - Belgrade - Skopje - Solun.
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