Due to maintenance of electrification and bridges in the line between
Thessaloniki and Gefyra station in the Idomeni route, for some time there
was a switchback manoever via the Axios station in the mainline to Athens.
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A BDZ class 07 "Ludmilla" 07.35 pulls the passenger train 334 from
Thessaloniki to Skopje, the first train to follow this route. The view is
from the bridge of the National road to Edessa from Thessaloniki, just
half a kilometer before the train reaches Gefyra station.
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By the way, Gefyra station holds a historical significance, since this is
was the place where Greeks and Turks representatives conferred about the
end of Turkish occupation of Thessaloniki in the Balkan Wars (the 
station was called then 'Topcyn').<BR>
The date was 25 October 1912.
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Copyright: Nick Fotis (nfotis@cs.ntua.gr)<BR>
Photo shot at 5 August 2003