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Thessaloniki - Kozani

This is a standard gauge railway which begins west of Thessaloniki and reaches all the way to the foothills of the Pindos mountains of Ipirus, built during the last years of the Ottoman empire by a German company, with the segment between Amindeo and Kozani added in 1956. The scenery along the rail line resembles that of the Balkans more than the usual images of sun, turquoise sea and whitewashed houses so often associated with travel in Greece.

Many trains depart daily from Thessaloniki towards the west, all of them leaving the north-south main line at Platy and passing through the Amindeo junction, and from there heading towards Kozani or Florina.

Platy - Veria

This line passes through the town of Alexandria, under the Thessaloniki-Florina road, through Xehasmeni, over the Akliakmon River, past the request stop of Mesi, surrounded by orchards of peach and plum trees, and past ancient Vergina (which is 10km from the railway line). The Veria station is about 3km from the ancient city.

Veria - Naoussa

This route parallels Mt. Vermion, which is the watershed for Thessaloniki, and the most densely forested mountain in Greece. Chesnut, hazel, beech, pine, oak and evergreen trees shelter deer and wild boar. There are ski resorts here, and an 18-bed hostel in the village of Seli. The wine growing village of Stenamachos was settled by Greek refugee families from near Plovdiv (Phlippolpolis) in Bulgaria, most of whom were viticulturalists in the wine towns of Asenovgrad.

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