|
Feres Railway Station
Feres railway station ( el, Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Φερών, Sidirodromikós stathmós Ferón) is a railway station that serves the town of Feres, Evros, Feres, Evros (regional unit), Evros in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located west of the town centre, the station opened in 1896 by the Chemins de fer Orientaux, (now part of Hellenic Railways Organisation, OSE). Today Hellenic Train operates just 4 daily Regional trains to Alexandroupoli and Ormenio. The station is unstaffed however there are waiting rooms available, if open. Feres is the first stop after Alexandroupolis, as the railway heads north. History The station was opened in 1874 as Feretzik two years after the line from Alexandroupoli (then ''Dedeagac'') to Istanbul via Edirne was completed. Built by the Union Railway Company (The Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Ottoman Jonction Salonique-Constantinople (JSC), from Istanbul, Constantinople to Vienna. The railway reached Feres in 1873, when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feres, Evros
Feres ( el, Φέρες) is a town and a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandroupoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 411.160 km2. Population 8,551 (2011). Feres is linked with the GR-2 or the Egnatia Odos (Alexandroupoli - Kavala - Thessaloniki - Kozani - Igoumenitsa) and the GR-51 (Alexandroupoli - Orestiada - Ormenio. The Evros river along with Turkey is to the east and also includes the entire delta to the south. History Feres grew out of the Theotokos Kosmosoteira monastery, erected in 1152 by the ''sebastokrator'' Isaac Komnenos, a son of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos as his residence and final resting place. At the time, the site is described as deserted and densely overgrown, and was known as Bera ( gr, Βήρα, from a Slavic word for "marsh"). The monastery, which was surrounded by a double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
