The Southern Greece Railways (ΣΜΕ) are founded

June 1890 Disputed

A new company was set up to run the line from Myloi: the Company of the Southern Railways of Greece, with the banker Andreas Syngros as chairman. Rolin transferred his rights to it.

Note: Date disputed: June 1890 according to Paraskevopoulos (2014), early 1889 according to the SFS special issue (2026).

Where

Station of the Southern Greece Railways

Who

Andreas Syngros, Ernest Rolin

Threads

Railway

Certainty

Disputed sources disagree; both versions shown

Sources

• D. A. Paraskevopoulos, Ατμοκίνηση στην Ελλάδα του 19ου αιώνα (PhD thesis, 2014), p. 180 Open (opens in a new tab)
• ΣΦΣ, Ειδικό τεύχος Πελοπόννησος (2026), p. 13 Open (opens in a new tab)

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