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French-Hellenic Railway Company
The French-Hellenic Railway Co. (french: Chemin de fer Franco-Hellenique, or ''CFFH'', full name: ''Cοmpanie franco-hellenique des chemins de fer'', el, Γαλλοελληνική Εταιρεία Σιδηροδρόμων or ) was a railway company in Greece and Turkey which operated the former Chemins de fer Orientaux railway line from Alexandroupolis to Pythio, Ormenio and Svilengrad between 1929 and 1954. The company was absorbed by the Hellenic State Railways in 1954. History After World War I and the subsequent Greek-Turkish War from 1919 to 1922 and finally peace in the form of the treaty of Lausanne, the Chemins de fer Orientaux (CO) ended up having a network straddling Turkey and Greece. This created operational difficulties, each country having now its own set of rules & regulations, currencies, languages, ... In order to resolve this situation, the CO decided to split itself into two companies: one for the Greek part, one for the Turkish part of the railway. The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dikaia Railway Station
Dikaia railway station ( el, Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Δικαίων, Sidirodromikos Stathmos Dikeon) is a railway station that serves the village of Dikaia, Evros in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located less than east of the centre of Dikaia, the station opened in 1874 by the Chemins de fer Orientaux (now part of OSE). Today TrainOSE operates just four daily regional trains to Alexandroupoli and Ormenio. The station is unstaffed however there are waiting rooms available. It is one of the northernmost operational railway stations in Greece, close to both the Bulgarian and Turkish borders. History The station opened in 1874 when the line, built by the Chemins de fer Orientaux, from Istanbul to Vienna opened. The railway reached Dikaia in 1873, when the line from Istanbul to Edirne and Bulgaria was opened. When the railway was built it was all within the Ottoman Empire. During World War I, the railway was an important link as the Ottoman Empire, Bulga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
