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The train reaches Myloi
16 August 1886 (4 August 1886 old style) Proven
On Monday 16 August 1886 (4 August by the old calendar) the new line from Argos to Myloi was opened to the public, together with the line from Kiato. Myloi now had a station on the metre-gauge Peloponnese railway.
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- Railway station, Argos
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- Railway
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Pictures
Original French drawing of the two-storey station building: courtyard façade and ground floor with waiting rooms for 1st/2nd and 3rd class, the station master's office and the luggage room. Railway archive (supplied by Visit Myloi)
Sources
- Σημαία, 4-8-1886 (o.s.), nr. 26 Open (opens in a new tab)
- Σημαία, 5-8-1886 (o.s.), nr. 27 Open (opens in a new tab)
- Πρωΐα, 3-8-1886 (o.s.), nr. 2256 Open (opens in a new tab)
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A French engineer plans a line from Myloi to Kalamata
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7 August 1886
State commission accepts the line Argos–Myloi
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9 August 1886
A big station: Myloi meant to be the port of the Peloponnese
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11 August 1886
The first timetable: local trains Nafplio–Argos–Myloi
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