Vevi railway station
Βεύη Vevi | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Vevi railway station building, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Stathmos Vevis 530 74, Florina (regional unit) Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′25″N 21°34′03″E / 40.773581°N 21.567530°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 658.2 metres (2,159 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | GAIAOSE[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Thessaloniki–Bitola railway[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 177 kilometres (110 mi) from Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 disused) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (1 disused) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Hellenic Train | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |   [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible |  | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.ose.gr/en/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Banitsa[3] (before 1926) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Original company | Société du Chemin de Fer ottoman Salonique-Monastir | ||||||||||||||||||||
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  Vevi Location within Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Vevi railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Βεύης, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Vevis) is the railway station of Vevi in West Macedonia, Greece. The station is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the centre of the settlement, on the Thessaloniki–Bitola railway, 177 kilometres (110 mi) from Thessaloniki, and is severed by both Local and Proastiakos Services.
History[edit]
Opened in June 1894 as Banitsa railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Μπάνιτσα, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Banitsa)[4] in what was then the Ottoman Empire at the completion of the Société du Chemin de Fer ottoman Salonique-Monastir, a branchline of the Chemins de fer Orientaux from Thessaloniki to Bitola. During this period, Northern Greece and the southern Balkans where still under Ottoman rule. Vevi was annexed by Greece on 18 October 1912 during the First Balkan War. On 17 October 1925, The Greek government purchased the Greek sections of the former Salonica Monastir railway,[5] and the railway became part of the Hellenic State Railways, with the remaining section north of Florina seeded to Yugoslavia. In 1926 the station, along with the settlement, was renamed Agios Panteleimonas.[3] In 1970, OSE became the legal successor to the SEK, taking over responsibilities for most of Greece's rail infrastructure. On 1 January 1971, the station and most of the Greek rail infrastructure where transferred to the Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation.[6] Freight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly of OSE for the transport of agricultural products and fertilisers ended in the early 1990s. Many small stations of the network with little passenger traffic were closed down.
In 2001 the infrastructure element of OSE was created, known as GAIAOSE; it would henceforth be responsible for the maintenance of stations, bridges and other elements of the network, as well as the leasing and the sale of railway assists.[1] In 2003, OSE launched "Proastiakos SA", as a subsidiary to serve the operation of the suburban network in the urban complex of Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games. In 2005, TrainOSE was created as a brand within OSE to concentrate on rail services and passenger interface.
Since 2007, the station is served by the Proastiakos Thessaloniki services to New Railway Station. In 2008, all Proastiakos were transferred from OSE to TrainOSE. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network. Timetables were cut back, and routes closed as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. August 2013 Proastiakos services were exsteded to Florina. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane[7] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. In July 2022, the station began being served by Hellenic Train, the rebranded TranOSE.[8]
Facilities[edit]
The station is still housed in the original 19th-century brick-built station building; however, as of (2023) the station is unstaffed, with no staffed booking office and is rundown. There are waiting rooms. The platforms have no shelters or seating. There are no Dot-matrix display departure and arrival screens or timetable poster boards on the platforms.
Services[edit]
As of 2023, the station is served on a daily basis by six Regional trains between Thessaloniki and Florina.[9] There are no Services to Bitola as the short international connection is now disused, with all international traffic being routed via Idomeni and Gevgelija.
Currently there is a rail-replacement bus between Florina and Edessa.[10]
Station Layout[edit]
| L Ground/Concourse |
Customer service | Tickets/Exits |
| Level L1 |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Platform 1 | Disused | |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2a | Π2 towards Florina (Terminus) ←
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| Platform 2b | Π2 towards Thessaloniki (Amyntaio) →
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Further reading[edit]
- Gounaris, Basil C. (1993). Steam over Macedonia, 1870-1912. East European Monographs. ISBN 978-0880332774.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Home". gaiaose.com.
- ^ a b "OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes".
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
pandektisPaAgwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Banitsa – Vevi". Pandektis. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Le Journal des finances, 15 janvier 1926 (in French)
- ^ "» HistoryOSE" (in Greek). Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "It's a new day for TRAINOSE as FS acquires the entirety of the company's shares". ypodomes.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ Newsroom. "TrainOSE renamed Hellenic Train, eyes expansion | eKathimerini.com". ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "2014/15 schedule Thessaloniki–Edessa–Florina" (PDF). TrainOSE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Important information". hellenictrain. Retrieved 15 March 2024.