Charilaos Trikoupis

The great railway builder of 19th-century Greece. His governments made the 1882 contract that brought the branch line to Myloi, proposed the line from Myloi to Kalamata in 1887 and signed its construction contract in 1888.

Also written: Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης, Trikoupis, Τρικούπης

Events

1. 1882

   A branch line to Myloi in the first railway contract

   In 1882 the government of Charilaos Trikoupis signed the contract for the Peloponnese railway. Besides the main line it included two branches: Corinth–Argos–Nafplio and Argos–Myloi.

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2. April 1887

   Trikoupis proposes a line from Myloi into the mountains

   In April 1887 Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis proposed building a railway from Myloi via Tripoli to Kalamata at state expense. Myloi was chosen as the starting point because it lay at the end of the existing line,…

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3. 12 May 1888

   Contract signed: a railway from Myloi, with a pier and a workshop

   Trikoupis and Lomvardos signed the contract with the Belgian consul Louis Rosseels, acting for Ernest Rolin of the Société Internationale de Constructions et d'Entreprises de Travaux Publics. The line was to start at…

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4. 26 December 1889

   Rolin takes on a second line

   A new contract gave Ernest Rolin, contractor of the Myloi–Kalamata line, the branch Karytaina–Megalopoli–Leontari as well. His agent Louis Rosseels had to found a Greek company within 30 months, and the rolling stock of…

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