This pushes back the schedule for a full re-opening of it all. railway networkaccording to ERT.

Tomorrow, on Monday, March 27, the second stage of its opening was to begin. Railwayrestarting his partition Suburban “Athens – Acharnon Railway Center – Corinth – Kiato – Aigio”.

However, according to a state television report, the suburban section in question will not start up, nor will the long-distance network sections in Northern Greece (Thessaloniki – Florina, Thessaloniki – Drama, Alexandroupolis – Xanthi, Alexandroupolis – Ormenio). In fact, the information suggests that the section Volos – Milies is also not working.

Which routes work well?

Therefore, apparently, only certain sections of the suburban network, which have already restarted as of Monday, March 20, will continue to work. These sections are:

• Piraeus – Athens – Acharna Railway Center – Airport
• Kanza–Liosia
• Athens – Oinoi – Chalkis
• Kato Achaia – Patras and
• Patras – Rio.

At the same time, a part of the tourist network also operates:

• Diakofto – Kalavryta
• Olympia – Pyrgos – Katakolo.

It is also unknown what will happen to rail freight as while freight routes were initially opened by Hellenic Train and Goldair Cargo, according to an ERT report, the former of the two has stopped freight routes again.

What is certain is that, despite OSE assurances, the railroads have hardened their stance and are asking for the entire network to function properly before it is reopened.

OSE has already initiated contracts for the restoration of lighting in three tunnels: in Platamonas, in Tempi and in one of the two tunnels in Kiato.

Finally, OSE provided Hellenic Train with 30 GSM-Railways mobile systems to support network communications. However, this was not accepted by the workers, who claimed that these systems were not certified.

According to ERT