People
Theodoros Deligiannis
Prime Minister of Greece
Trikoupis's rival. As prime minister he accompanied King George I at the opening of the Myloi–Tripoli line on 6 July 1891, and in 1891–1892 his government handed the line to the Peloponnese railway (ΣΠΑΠ).
Also written: Θεόδωρος Δηλιγιάννης, Deligiannis, Δηλιγιάννης, Delyannis
Events
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6 July 1891
King George I lands at Myloi to open the line to Tripoli
At 6 in the morning the royal yacht Sfaktiria sailed into Myloi with King George I, the princes Nikolaos and Andreas and Prime Minister Deligiannis, greeted by cannon fire as she passed Nafplio. At 8 the king stepped…
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6 July 1891
Back at Myloi in the evening, the king sails home
At half past six in the evening the trains were back at Myloi. The king said goodbye and was rowed out to the Sfaktiria, which lay at anchor off Myloi; the prime minister followed in another boat. The guests left Myloi…
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29 December 1891
The Belgian company is dropped; the Peloponnese railway takes over
In December 1891 the Belgian company was declared to have forfeited its rights. A new contract gave the Piraeus–Athens–Peloponnese Railways (ΣΠΑΠ) the completion of Tripoli–Diavolitsi and the operation of the whole line…
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February 1892
The Peloponnese railway runs the trains from Myloi
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…