Proastiakos

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Proastiakos

Piraeus suburban railway station, June 2007
Overview
Locale	Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras
Current operator(s)	Hellenic Train
Ridership	10.1 million (2020)
Route map Legend Athens Athens Airport Koropi Paiania–Kantza Pallini Doukissis Plakentias Piraeus Pentelis Lefka Kifisias Rentis Nerantziotissa Rouf Irakleio Athens Central Metamorfosi Agioi Anargyroi Acharnes (SKA) Ano Liosia to Chalcis Aspropyrgos Magoula Nea Peramos Megara Kineta Agioi Theodoroi Corinth Zevgolatio Kiato Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Metro Sindos Adendro Platy Aiginio Leianovergion Korinos Alexandreia Katerini Loutros Litochoro Kefalochori Leptokarya Ksechasmeni Neoi Poroi Kouloura Rapsani Messi Evangelismos Veria Larissa Naoussa to Athens, Volos, or Meteora Episkopi Petria Skydra Edessa Arnissa Agia Panteleimon Amyntaion Vevi Florina Patras Agios Vasileios Aktaion Rion Kastellokampos Bozaitika Agyia Panachaiki Patras Central Agios Andreas Odos Antheias Ities Paralia Midilogli Vrachneika Tsoukaleika Kaminia Alissos Kato Achaia This diagram: view talk edit

The Proastiakos (Greek: Προαστιακός; "suburban") is Greece's Commuter rail service, run by Hellenic Train, on rail infrastructure owned by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) (lines) and GAIAOSE (buildings and Trains). These services connect a participating city's central railway station to important locations such as a city's port or airport, as well as its suburbs and occasionally nearby towns and cities.

As of September 2020, there are three Proastiakos networks serving the country's three largest cities: Athens, Thessaloniki, and Patras, providing them with commuter rail links towards their suburbs and also with regional services to other cities and towns. In 2016, the three systems carried 10.1 million passengers.^[1]

As of 8 January 2017, the lines between the central stations of Athens and Halkida have been electrified, allowing EMU train service. The lines have been changed, making Athens's central station the main layover station. Those lines are Athens – ATH, Athens – Kiato, Athens – Chalcis.

In Thessaloniki, there are two Proastiakos services. The first connects the city's New Railway Station with the cities of Katerini and Larissa, and the second links the city with Edessa.

In July 2010, a new commuter rail service was launched in Patras, connecting the city with Rio.