GAIAOSE

GAIAOSE SA is a public service company, 100% owned by the Greek government,^[4] active in the fields of railway property management^[5] and development^[6] (lands and buildings) and rolling stock management.^[7]

GAIAOSE S.A.

Company type	Private Anónimi Etaireía
Industry	Railway transport, logistics and train maintenance
Predecessor	OSE (1970–2001)
Founded	1 January 2001; 24 years ago (2001-01-01)
Headquarters	301 Liossion steet, 10445 Athens , Greece
Area served	Greece
Key people	Nikolaou Perikles (CEO)[1][2] Konstantinos Kesentes (Chairman of the Board)[3] Panagiotis Valantasis (Chairman of the Audit Committee) Konstantinos Stavridis (Board member) Antonis Rovolis (Board member) Stefanos Xekalakis (Board member) Athanasios Chondrogiannis (Board member)
Products	Rail transport, transport, services, property management
Owner	Greek Government (100%)
Website	https://www.gaiaose.com/

History

In 2001, the infrastructure element of OSE was spun off to form the second largest landowner (after the Church.^[8] At the time of its creation the entire portfolio of OSE’s property was valued at 2 billion euros.^[9] Since 2015 GAIAOSE SA has been as the administrator for the railway rolling stock, at the behest of the Greek State.^[10] In 2023, 123 older, disused and condemned rolling stock units were set for auction in the first pilot scrapping project, as part of the fleet management program of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport^[11]

Activity

GAIAOSE also maintains and leases rollingstock. The fleet being managed consists of 3752 vehicles (locomotive units, passenger and transport units). The largest part of this rolling stock, is leased and use by Hellenic Train (formally TrainOSE.

Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Konstantinos Kesentes^[12] CEO, Nikolaou Perikles^[13] Member (Chairman of the Audit Committee), Panagiotis Valantasis Member, Konstantinos Stavridis Member, Antonis Rovolis Member, Stefanos Xekalakis Member, Athanasios Chondrogiannis