The former Corinth railway station ( el, Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Κορίνθου, ''Sidirodromikos Stathmos Korinthou'') was on the former metre gauge

Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways or SPAP ( el, Σιδηρόδρομοι Πειραιώς-Αθηνών-Πελοποννήσου "Siderodromi Pireos Athinon Peloponisou" or Σ.Π.Α.Π. (S.P.A.P.); french: Chemin de fer du Pirée-Athènes-Pe ...

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Piraeus–Patras railway The railway from Piraeus to Patras was a 230-kilometre long metre-gauge railway line in Greece that connected the port of Athens, Piraeus with Patras in the Peloponnese peninsula, via Athens "Peloponnese" central station and Corinth. It was opened ...

). The Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways reached

Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government refor ...

in July 1884. Some parts of the station date from 1916 and 1929, and the main building, designed by architect Anthony Dragoymi ( el, Αντώνη Δραγούμη), was built in 1955. The station closed to regular traffic on 9 July 2007, having been replaced by a new station on the new line. It continued to be used by tourist excursion trains, but newer road development and -resurfacing efforts, as well as private building access roads, have permanently covered the rails in both directions.

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File:Corinth Railway Station-1910.jpg, Photo of Corinth Railway Station c. 1910

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Photo on Panoramio. Railway stations in Corinthia Railway stations opened in 1884 Railway stations closed in 2007 Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways Buildings and structures in Corinthia {{Greece-railstation-stub