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A tram car survives in Perama on the old right of way, albeit in a dilapidated condition. Between
Tsorpatzoglou Square in Perama (where civilians should alight) and the Naval Base itself, most of the infrastructure, including the tracks, platform, shelter and masts, remains intact. Plans are to re-instate the line and connect it to the modern
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were constructed along its length to allow a frequent service in both directions. No signal system was ever installed and safe circulation was achieved by the use of predefined passing loops per each service. The last 800 metres (870 yd) section of the line was located within the naval base area
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Most of the right of way of the light railway was finally paved over and became a pedestrianised street. At
Thermopylon street, near the church of Ayios Dionysios (St. Dennis) in Piraeus, the tracks survive intact. At several level crossings, the rails were never removed and are still visible today.
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were announced in the mid-1970s but never came to life and neither the line was modernized as promised nor new rolling stock was acquired. Therefore, due to the shortage of operational rolling stock in regard with the age of the vehicles (almost 40 years old), by 1975 the short service to
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as their main naval facility in the 1890s. The right to build the line was given to the former "Athens-Piraeus
Railway company S.A.". However no action was taken until 1930, when the successor company "Hellenic Electric Railways" member of British company "Power and Traction Finance Ltd" decided to
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and driver operated pneumatic doors. The vehicles could reach a speed of 50 kilometres per hour (30 mph) and had enough space for about 100 passengers. The "little trains", as the locals affectionally called them, were stored and serviced in the depot located in the
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premises, next to
Piraeus station. Some survive at various locations e.g. Kasomouli and Pikrodaphne tram stop used as rest places for the tramway drivers, STASY S.A. children's camp at Varybobi, Thission depot of ex ISAP, Greek Railway Museum but none are in good condition.
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minutes after, a short service from
Piraeus to St. George at Keratsini aerea with single cars (line number 3). Services continued in the 1960s, surviving the anti-tramway fashion of the era that resulted in the total closure of the Athenian and Piraeus
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Port. At
Keratsini a short branch was constructed leading to one of the jetties. Due to serious damages on infrastructure and rolling stock caused by Allied bombing of Piraeus on 11 January 1944 the line paused service until April 1945.
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Most of its time the line was run with two kind of regular services: one full length service from
Piraeus to the Naval Base, operating every 15 minutes with two car sets (line number 4) and in between,
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system, running underground because the narrowness of the old right of way makes it unsuitable for laying double track on the surface, and because of the heavy motor vehicle traffic in the area.
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network owned by the
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start construction of the line. Construction was finished in 1935 but services did not start until 20 July 1936, when rolling stock became available by
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was discontinued and only service on line 4 was provided every 20 minutes using single cars. Eventually the line was closed on 23 March 1977.
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having a mass of 34 kg/m (68.5 lb/yd), thus allowing even standard railway rolling stock to use the line. As the line was
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Nathenas, G.; Kourbelis, A.; Vlastos, T.; Kourouzidis, S.; Katsareas, V.; Karamanis, P.; Klonos, A.; Kokkinos, N. (2007).
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Railcar no 82 of the defunct Piraeus-Perama suburban light railway (1936-1977) at Pikrodaphni tram station
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Zartaloudis, I.; Karatolos, D.; Koutelidis, D.; Nathenas, G.; Fasoulas, S.; Filippoupolitis, A. (1997).
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1521:(in Greek). Vol. 2. Athens: Μίλητος (Militos). pp. 971–997.
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1126:(Naval Base)
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122:Route number
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1737:Patras Tram
1712:Athens Tram
1665:Proastiakos
1438:Athens Tram
1389:Athens Tram
1372:metre gauge
1339:During the
260:Track gauge
240:Line length
31:Native name
1775:Categories
1444:References
1413:pantograph
1291:developed
929:Shell Oil
827:Skoupidia
804:Salaminos
697:Proskopon
671:Tampouria
645:Tampouria
323:Signalling
227:1977-03-23
197:1944-01-11
167:1936-07-20
1352:Keratsini
855:Scholeio
730:Keratsini
337:Route map
235:Technical
190:Suspended
175:Completed
145:Commenced
125:3 & 4
1427:See also
1331:, seven
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975:Blazaki
396:Piraeus
283: in
205:Reopened
114:Services
105:suburban
88:Stations
26:Overview
1791:Piraeus
1380:Eleusis
1364:⁄
1275:History
1257:Piraeus
1101:Kentra
878:Ikonio
734:(Jetty)
278:⁄
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74:Piraeus
67:Termini
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1618:Greece
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1031:(down)
673:(down)
352:Legend
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220:Closed
160:Opened
57:Locale
44:closed
41:Status
1751:Other
1704:Trams
1626:Buses
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1239:Greek
1146:9.800
1120:9.719
1097:8.768
1074:8.467
1051:8.130
1025:7.668
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897:5.490
874:4.975
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777:3.336
754:2.991
732:Port
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667:2.145
641:2.082
613:1.638
590:1.313
549:1.026
467:0.710
392:0.000
134:Breda
49:Owner
1718:Past
1694:ISAP
1681:Past
1556:ISBN
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1263:and
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1207:talk
1200:view
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182:1935
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148:1930
101:Type
1690:IEM
1687:EIS
1684:SAP
1616:in
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