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Olympia railway station
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Not to be confused with Olympia–Lacey station, Berlin Olympiastadion station, or Kensington (Olympia) station.
Olympia railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Ολυμπίας, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Olympia) is a railway station that serves the town of Olympia, Elis in Western Greece, Greece. Located in the centre of Olympia, the station was opened in 1891 by the Pyrgos-Katakolo Railway Company (SPK), (now part of OSE). Today TrainOSE operates 3 daily scheduled Regional trains[3] to Katakolo, via Pyrgos.[4][5] The station is unstaffed[6] however there are waiting rooms available. Olympia station is close to Ancient Olympia.
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Ολυμπία Olympia | |||||||||||
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![]() The street-oriented facade of the station's building, July 2008 | |||||||||||
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Location | Archaia Olympia 270 65, Elis Greece | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°38′44″N 21°37′35″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | GAIAOSE[1] | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Katakolo-Olympia railway[2] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 (side platform) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Train operators | Hellenic Train | ||||||||||
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Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
Accessible | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | ose | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1891 | ||||||||||
Electrified | No[2] | ||||||||||
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