The railway age · Railway
The line from Myloi finally reaches Kalamata
November 1899 Disputed
After Tripoli–Kourtaga (1897) and Kourtaga–Fragkoi (1898), the last gap to Diavolitsi was closed in 1899. According to the railway society ΣΦΣ the ΣΠΑΠ put the whole line from Myloi to Kalamata into service in November 1899.
Note: Paraskevopoulos (2014) gives 1899 for the last sections but 27 August 1902 for the completion of the works.
- Where
- Myloi (the village)
- Threads
- Railway
- Certainty
- Disputed sources disagree; both versions shown
Sources
- ΣΦΣ, Ειδικό τεύχος Πελοπόννησος (2026), p. 13 Open (opens in a new tab)
- D. A. Paraskevopoulos, Ατμοκίνηση στην Ελλάδα του 19ου αιώνα (PhD thesis, 2014), pp. 181, 183–184 Open (opens in a new tab)
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