Λαγυνά Lagyna
General information
Location	Lagyna Evros Greece
Coordinates	41°05′10″N 26°18′05″E / 41.086136°N 26.301278°E / 41.086136; 26.301278
Owned by	GAIAOSE[1]
Line(s)	Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad railway[2]
Platforms	3
Tracks	3 (1 disused)
Train operators	Hellenic Train
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Electrified	No[2]
Services
Preceding station Hellenic Train Following station Filakto towards Alexandroupoli Regional Alexandroupoli–Ormenio Kornofolia towards Ormenio
Location
Lagyna Location within Greece

Lagyna railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Λαγυνά, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Lagyna) is a railway station that serves the village of Lagyna, Evros in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located close to the village centre, the station was (when) by the Chemins de fer Orientaux, (now part of OSE). Today TrainOSE operates just 4 daily Regional trains^[3] to Alexandroupoli and Ormenio. The station is unstaffed^[4] however there are waiting rooms available. Didymoteicho is one of the northernmost operational railway stations in Greece.

History

The inhabitants came as refugees in 1922 from the village of Küplü (Küplü = big hare, Turkish: Küplü) of Eastern Thrace. The Lagyna railway station was built in the middle of the 20th century.

^[5] In late 1970 the Hellenic State Railways was reorganised.^[6] On 31 December 1970, Hellenic State Railways ceased to exist; the following day, all railways in Greece (with the exception of private industrial lines and E.I.S.) were transferred to Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation, responsible for most for Greece’s rail infrastructure and passenger services.

In the 1990s, OSE introduced the InterCity service to the Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad line^[7] Which reduced travel times across the whole line.

In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network. Timetables were cut back, and routs closed as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. Services from Orestiada to Alexandroupoli were cut back to three trains a day, reducing the reliability of services and passenger numbers. On 13 February 2011, all international services were suspended due to the Greek financial crisis and subsequent budget cuts by the Greek government. As a result, all cross-border routes were closed, and international services (to Istanbul, Sofia, etc.) ended.^[8] Thus, only two routes now connect Didymoteicho with Thessaloniki and Athens (and those with a connection to Alex / Polis), while route time increased as the network was "upgraded".^[9]

In 2014 TrainOSE replaced services to/from Dikaia with buses^[10] In 2017 OSE’s passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane^[11] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. In July 2022, the station began being served by Hellenic Train, the rebranded TrainOSE.^[12]

Facilities

The original station buildings are rundown and almost abandoned. As of (2020) the station is unstaffed.

Services

As of 2020, Lagyna is only serviced by one daily pair of Regional trains, Alexandroupoli–Ormenio.^[13]

Between July 2005 and February 2011^[14] the Friendship Express (an international InterCity train jointly operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and TrainOSE linking Istanbul's Sirkeci Terminal, Turkey and Thessaloniki, Greece) passed through Lagyna, but did not call at the station.

Station layout

L Ground/Concourse	Customer service	Tickets/Exits
Level Ε1	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 3	In non-regular use
	Island platform, doors open on the right/left
	Platform 1	→ towards Alexandroupoli (Filakto) ←
	Island platform, doors to the left
	Platform 2	→ towards Ormenio (Soufli) →

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