page_title: Greek industrial railways
hierarchical_section_title: Greek industrial railways
caption_attribution_description: One of the Jung steam locomotives used in the metre gauge mining railway at Aliveri, preserved at Ptolemais.
context_page_description: A number of private industrial railway lines were constructed in Greece for exclusive use by major mining operations and by extensive industrial facilities. There were also a few temporary lines, used for the construction of major public works. Most of them were either meter gauge or 600 mm narrow gauge.
  Aliveri power station, 1,000 mm
  LIPTOL and Ptolemais power stations, 900 mm
  Tsalapatas brick and rooftiles works, Volos, 600 mm narrow gauge. The works have been converted to an industrial museum, where a Decauville steam locomotive and some cars are on display.
  Eretria chromium mines, 600 mm narrow gauge, with an exchange siding with Thessaly Railways at Rigion.
  Laurium mines, 1,000 mm connecting with Athens-Lavrion Railway, 600 mm narrow gauge and special 550 mm gauge.
  English Marble Company at Dionyssos, 600 mm narrow gauge and meter gauge connecting with Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway.
  LARCO nickel mines, Larymna.
  Heraklion Crete port - Xiropotamos, for the construction of the Heraklion Crete port
context_section_description: A number of private industrial railway lines were constructed in Greece for exclusive use by major mining operations and by extensive industrial facilities. There were also a few temporary lines, used for the construction of major public works. Most of them were either meter gauge or 600 mm (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) narrow gauge.
  Aliveri power station, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in)
  LIPTOL and Ptolemais power stations, 900 mm (2 ft 11 ⁷⁄₁₆ in)
  Tsalapatas brick and rooftiles works, Volos (39.365°N 22.932°E), 600 mm (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) narrow gauge. The works have been converted to an industrial museum, where a Decauville steam locomotive and some cars are on display.
  Eretria chromium mines, 600 mm (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) narrow gauge, with an exchange siding with Thessaly Railways at Rigion.
  Laurium mines, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) connecting with Athens-Lavrion Railway, 600 mm (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) narrow gauge and special 550 mm gauge.
  English Marble Company at Dionyssos, 600 mm (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) narrow gauge and meter gauge connecting with Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway.
  LARCO nickel mines, Larymna.
  Heraklion Crete port (Koule) - Xiropotamos, for the construction of the Heraklion Crete port (1922-1934)
caption: A preserved meter gauge steam locomotive from a PPC mining railway
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