Classic route
Thrace InterCity
Thessaloniki → Alexandroupoli · Greece
- Distance
- 440 km
- Fastest time
- ~8 h 20 min
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- Hellenic Train
- Train
- Hellenic Train diesel InterCity
- Countries
- Greece
- In service since
- 1896
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Greece’s only train across Thrace: 440 km laid in 1896 for the Salonika–Constantinople railway, threading the Nestos gorge between Drama and Xanthi.
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