Velestino-Kalampaka railway
The Velestino–Kalambaka railway was an unelectrified Metre-gauge single-track railway regional railway line that connected Velestino in Central Greece, with Kalampaka. History. The line from Velestino–Kalampaka was width, with a length of 142 km that connected Velestino in Magnesia with Kalampaka in Trikala, crossing the whole southern and western Thessaly. It was one of the two lines of the Thessaly Railways (the other being the Larissa-Volos line). The connection with the Athens-Larissa-Thessaloniki standard gauge mainline at Palaiofarsalos, had a maximum gradient of 3% between Velestinon and Aerinon. The line Velestinou-Kalampaka  was closed in stages, with the section Velestino-Paleofarsalos ceasing operations in 1999, while in 2001 the section from Paleofarsalos to Kalampaka was converted to standard gauge (1435 mm), to facilitate a direct connection with the Athens–Thessaloniki line at Paleofarsalos. The tourist use of the line in the Velestino–Aerino section has been planned.