Adendro railway station
railway station in Greece
Adendro railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Άδενδρο, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Adendro) is a railway station that serves the village of Adendro in the municipality of Chalkidona, Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Opened in 1894 in what was then the Ottoman Empire, it is located just north of the village centre. The station is served by Regional stopping services Florina, Kalambaka, Palaiofarsalos and Thessaloniki, and since 9 September 2007 by the Thessaloniki Regional Railway (formerly the Suburban Railway). It was the site of a serious railway accident on 13 May 2017 in which three people were killed.
History
Opened in 1894 as Kirtzilar railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Κιρτζιλάρ, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Kirtzilar) in what was then the Ottoman Empire, at the completion of the Société du Chemin de Fer ottoman Salonique-Monastir, a branchline of the Chemins de fer Orientaux from Thessaloniki to Bitola. During this period Northern Greece and the southern Balkans where still under Ottoman rule, and Adendro was known as Kirtzilar. Adendro was annexed by Greece on 18 October 1912 during the First Balkan War. On 17 October 1925 The Greek government purchased the Greek sections of the former Salonica Monastir railway and the railway became part of the Hellenic State Railways, with the remaining section north of Florina seeded to Yugoslavia. In 1927 the station along with the settlement was renamed Adendro. On 9 September 2007, the station reopened.
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