Bralos railway station
Bralos railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Μπράλου, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Bralou) is a railway station in Bralos, Greece. The station opened on 8 March 1904., along with the rest of the line. It is served by Regional trains to Athens and Leianokladi.[4]
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Location | Bralos Greece | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°42′08″N 22°27′28″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | GAIAOSE[1] | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Piraeus–Platy railway[2] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Train operators | TrainOSE | ||||||||||
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Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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Website | www | ||||||||||
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Opened | 8 March 1904 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 25 kV AC, 50 Hz[2] | ||||||||||
Previous names | Gravia (1939-1949)[3] | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Bralos Location within Greece |
History
The station opened on 8 March 1904., along with the rest of the line. In 1920 Hellenic State Railways or SEK was established, and the line became part of the network. In 1939 the station was renamed Gravia[5] During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941-44), Athens was controlled by German military fourses, and the line used for the transport of troops and weapons. During the occupation (and especially during German withdrawal in 1944), the network was severely damaged by both the German army and Greek resistance groups.
On 12 January 1947, 300 guerrillas led by Captain Diamantis, of the Democratic Army of Greece took the Bralos railway station by surprise at 14:00 local time, when the train pulled into the station. The guerrillas destroyed the radios, called on the passengers to get off the train, and separated the civilians from the soldiers. Captains Stathakopoulos, Nikolopoulos and gendarme Kastanas resisted the takover, who were killed in the ensuing exchange of gunfire. The guerrillas sat at the station for an hour and a half, blew up the chimney of the locomotive and set fire to the train, resulting in the burning of two wagons. They then left in cars, taking with them about 20 captives, various supplies and the station's cash register, and took refuge in Oiti.[6] The track and rolling stock replacement took time following the civil war, with normal service levels resumed around 1948.
In 1970 OSE became the legal successor[7] 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 was transferred to the Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation. 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. It was during this time that buslike shelters were installed on both platforms.
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.[8] In 2005, TrainOSE was created as a brand within OSE to concentrate on rail services and passenger interface. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network.[9] Timetables were cutback and routes closed, as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane[10] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE.
The station closed on 10 February 2018, for major engineering works linked to the construction of the new high-speed line Athens-Thessaloniki[11] It reopened in July 2018.[12]
The Cultural Association of Brallo intends to establish a Folklore-Railway Museum on an OSE train in at the station.
Facilities
The station is still housed in a 20th-century brick-built station building, but this is now disused. The Station is currently (2022) not equipped with toilets or a staffed ticket office. Access to the platforms is via crossing the lines. At platform level, there are sheltered seating but no Dot-matrix display departure or arrival screens or timetable poster boards on all platforms. Currently, there is no local bus stop connecting the station.
Services
It is served by Regional services between Athens and Leianokladi.[13] The station sees around 2 trains per-day.
Station layout
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References
- https://www.gaiaose.com/
- "OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes".
- Stathakopoulos Ioannis of Nikolaos, Lgos (PZ): He was born in Kiato, Corinth in 1905, of the 71st Brigade. He was executed at S. Gravias Station on January 12, 1947.
- TrainOSE 2013 timetable Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Stathakopoulos Ioannis of Nikolaos, Lgos (PZ): He was born in Kiato, Corinth in 1905, of the 71st Brigade. He was executed at S. Gravias Station on January 12, 1947.
- https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=3429291
- Law 674/1971, Government Gazette A-192/1970
- https://www.gaiaose.com/
- "Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός - Μουσείο τρένων".
- "It's a new day for TRAINOSE as FS acquires the entirety of the company's shares". ypodomes.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- https://www.trainose.gr/deltia/%ce%b4%ce%b5%ce%bb%cf%84%ce%af%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%8d%cf%80%ce%bf%cf%85-08-01-2018-%ce%bd%ce%ad%ce%b1-%ce%b3%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%bc%ce%bc%ce%ae-%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%b8%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%ad%ce%b1-%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%b1/
- https://www.athenstransport.com/2018/06/tithorea-lianokladi-4/
- TrainOSE 2013 timetable Archived January 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine