Line A2 (Athens Suburban Railway)

Although Suburban Railway services through the Athens Airport–Patras axis of SKA started in September 2005, the service in its current form began on 30 July 2017, using OSE class 460 EMUs rolling stock.

History

Line A2 is a remnant of a standard gauge Athens Suburban Railway service that ran between Athens Airport and Kiato, via the Athens Airport–Patras axis of Acharnes Railway Center (SKA). The first section of the service, between the Airport and Corinth and using Class 560 diesel multiple units, began on 27 September 2005: the western extension to Kiato followed on 9 July 2007. Ano Liosia, the current western terminus of Line A2, opened on 18 July 2006.

From 6 July 2008 to 12 December 2010, the service was reduced to running between Ano Liosia and Neratziotissa due to electrification works, although it was extended back east to Athens Airport on 14 February 2009, henceforth being served with Class 460 electric multiple units.

The current service that reinforces what is now Line A1 was introduced on 30 July 2017, following the introduction of a new Suburban Railway network after the extension of electrification to Athens railway station and (from 2018) Piraeus: the service was then extended west to Ano Liosia on 24 February 2018.