Litochoro railway station

Litochoro railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Λιτοχώρου, romanized: Sidirodromikos stathmos Litochoro) is a railway station in Litohoro, a town in Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece. The station currently has four platforms, however only are two are currently in regular use. The station is located across the A1 motorway road from the residential area, close to the town centre, and sits around 130m from the shoreline. The stations is also one of the closest active station to Mount Olympus National Monument, and sits in the showdown of the ancient landmark.

Λιτόχωρο Litochoro
Litochoro railway station from the roadside, 2014
General information
Location	Leptokarya Pieria Greece
Coordinates	40.1251545°N 22.5501412°E / 40.1251545; 22.5501412
Owned by	GAIAOSE[1]
Line(s)	Express   Regional Piraeus–Platy railway[2]
Platforms	4 (2 in regular use)
Tracks	3
Train operators	Hellenic Train
Connections	[2]
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Accessible
Other information
Website	http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened	1916
Closed	2006?
Rebuilt	9 September 2007
Electrified	25 kV AC[2]
Services
Preceding station Proastiakos Following station Katerini towards Thessaloniki Line 1 Leptokarya towards Larissa Preceding station Hellenic Train Following station Katerini towards Thessaloniki Regional Leptokarya towards Palaiofarsalos Express Leptokarya towards Kalambaka
Location Litochoro Location within Greece

History

The station was built in 1916. It was relocated 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) south and a new station with the same name opened on 9 September 2007 at a cost of €1.4 million^[3] on new SGYT section of line from Leptokarya to Katerini. The original station and the section of line it sat on has since been abandoned. Further upgrades to the line to allow Proastiakos services to access the line followed. It was the terminal of the line from its opening until 7 September 2008, when the line was extended to Larissa. The station has suffered from poor maintenance and Repeat vandalism.

Facilities

The station is staffed with a working ticket office (as of 2019). The station currently has four platforms; however, only two are currently in regular use. There are waiting rooms on platform one and waiting shelters on 2-4. Access to the platforms is via a subway under the lines, however, the station is not equipped with lifts. The platforms have shelters with seating; however, there are no Dot-matrix display departure and arrival screens or timetable poster boards on the platforms. The station, however, does have a buffet. There is also Parking in the forecourt.

Services

It is served by local stopping services to Thessaloniki, Kalambaka and Palaiofarsalos. Since 2008, it has been served by Proastiakos Thessaloniki to Larissa and Thessaloniki. There are around 22 services^[4] that call at the station daily.

Station Layout

L Ground/Concourse	Customer service	Tickets/Exits
Level L1	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 3	non-regular use
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	Π1 towards Thessaloniki (Katerini) ←
	Platform 2	Π1 towards Larissa (Leptokarya) →
	Island platform, doors on the right/left
Platform 4	non-regular use

Gallery

• 
  Leptokarya Old station, 11 August 1990
• 
  The old station building, 22 August 2010

References

1. "Home". gaiaose.com.
2. "OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes".
3. "Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Λιτοχώρου". www.enipeas.net. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
4. "Τρένα Λιτόχωρο - Θεσσαλονίκη: δρομολόγια, τιμές και εισιτήρια | Virail".