Orfana railway station

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General information
Location	Orfana Karditsa Greece
Coordinates	39°24′12″N 22°13′41″E
Owned by	OSE
Line(s)	Piraeus–Platy railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Train operators	TrainOSE
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Platform levels	1
Accessible
Other information
Website	http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened	1995
Electrified	25 kV AC
Services
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Location Orfana Location within Greece

Orfana railway station (Template:Lang-el) is a railway station in Orfana, Karditsa, Thessaly, Greece. It is located just east of the village. Opened in 1995, replacing an older station of the same name.

History

On 16 January 1972, at around 16:45 on the line between Orfana and Doxara, a breakdown in communication between the corresponding stationmasters at Doxaras and Orfana coursed an express train and a military relief train to collided in bad weather on the single track line. The southbound diesel hauled Acropolis Express and northbound Number 121 Athens-Thessaloniki, (known as posta) were allowed to proceed without first allowing a passing loop. 21 people died and more than 40 were injured in one of the deadliest rail accident in Greece. Nikolaos Gekas The stationmaster at Orfana was later sentence of 5 years for his part in the disaster.

Services

The station is served by only eight trains a day.

Station Layout

L Ground/Concourse	Customer service	Tickets/Exits
Level L1	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	→ Template:OASA icons towards Template:OASA Rail stations (Larissa) ←
	Platform 2	→ Template:OASA icons towards Template:OASA Rail stations (Kalambaka) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right