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'Myloi station has excellent staff'
22 September 1886 (10 September 1886 old style) Proven
A month after the opening, the Argos newspaper denied a rumour that the station master of Myloi, K. Koupassaris, was to leave. It called him capable, honest and very friendly, and also praised the telegraphist and the storekeeper: on new stations like Myloi such people were 'precious and hard to find'.
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- Ἄργος, 10-9-1886 (o.s.), nr. 25, p. 3 Open (opens in a new tab)
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