The railway age · Railway
The Peloponnese railway runs the trains from Myloi
February 1892 Probable
In February 1892 the government of Theodoros Deligiannis handed the completion and operation of the line to the ΣΠΑΠ, probably from 1 February. From then on one company ran both the line from Argos and the line into the mountains, and Myloi was its junction.
Note: Older texts give 1 February 1892 as the opening of Myloi–Tripoli; the line was in fact opened on 6 July 1891 and had public trains from August 1891.
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- Probable likely, but not fully proven
Sources
- D. A. Paraskevopoulos, Ατμοκίνηση στην Ελλάδα του 19ου αιώνα (PhD thesis, 2014), p. 181 Open (opens in a new tab)
- Visit Myloi, railway page (site/src/content/railway.json), timeline '1 February 1892'
Also in this period
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31 July 1886
A French engineer plans a line from Myloi to Kalamata
Even before the train reached Myloi, the French chief engineer Gotteland handed the ministry a study for a railway from Myloi via Tripoli to Kalamata. The line would be 185 km long and cost 21 million drachmas.
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7 August 1886
State commission accepts the line Argos–Myloi
On Saturday 7 August 1886 a state commission inspected and accepted the new 10 km section from Myloi to Argos. The line ran dead straight through currant vineyards and tobacco fields, with an iron bridge of 15 m over the…
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9 August 1886
A big station: Myloi meant to be the port of the Peloponnese
A reporter wrote that Myloi station was built 'very spacious, with matching warehouses', because this harbour was to become the port of the whole Peloponnese. The station stood right opposite a 'very high ancient…
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11 August 1886
The first timetable: local trains Nafplio–Argos–Myloi
The new timetable linked Myloi to the Corinth–Argos trains by a special train, plus four local trains between Nafplio, Argos and Myloi. Return tickets from Piraeus or Athens to Myloi were valid for four days, and freight…