page_title: TrainOSE
section_title: Mainline passenger services
hierarchical_section_title: TrainOSE / Domestic services / Mainline passenger services
caption_attribution_description: Departures board at Athens Central Railway Station
context_page_description: TrainOSE S.A. is a railway company in Greece which currently operates all passenger and freight trains on OSE lines. TrainOSE was acquired in September 2017 by the Italian national railway company, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. The company was a subsidiary of the Hellenic Railways Organisation until 2008, when it became an independent state-owned company until its privatisation in 2017. TrainOSE employs all train crews, operators and manages the rail services throughout the Greek railway network, but does not own any rolling stock, leasing rolling stock owned by OSE instead.
context_section_description: TrainOSE operates three types of regional rail passenger services on which include "Regular" trains (Greek: Κοινή αμαξοστοιχία, regular/common train), Express trains (Greek: Ταχεία) and Intercity (IC) trains.
  The regular rail service is the slowest, with trains making frequent stops, while it is also the cheapest available. Express trains are faster trains, making fewer stops in sections served by regular trains. Intercity (IC) trains are the fastest but the most expensive. The needed supplement on Intercity (IC) trains typically doubled or tripled the base fare respectively, but today this is determined more by the different competing forms of transport, mainly air transport. Car transport is also available on night services on the main line from Athens to Thessaloniki.
  Passenger accommodation is similar in all classes of long distance trains. Seat reservation, bar and restaurant facilities are available on long distance express and on Intercity (IC) trains.
  Numbering of the trains is determined by the type of the train. Regular trains (and also Proastiakos suburban/commuter rail service trains) have four-digit train numbers, Express trains have three-digit train numbers and Intercity (IC) and Intercity trains have two-digit train numbers, preceded by the symbols IC.
  The following table shows the situation as of November 2019. Numbers indicate trains on each direction on weekdays (Monday-Friday), excluding public holidays.
  Suburban/Commuter rail services between Piraeus – Athens (Athens Central Station also known as Larisis Station) – Athens International Airport and Kiato are not listed. In addition to the above regional rail services on the OSE network, TrainOSE also operates two suburban/commuter rail services on the remnants of the former Peloponesse metre gauge network:
  Katakolo to Ancient Olympia via Pyrgos
  Patras – Rio
  A limited seasonal/tourist service of one train per day also operates as part of the Pelion railway.
caption: Departures board at Athens Central (Larissa station), showing different types of passenger trains
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