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Υπουργείο Υποδομών και Μεταφορών (Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport)
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- Type
- National rail HQ — the sponsoring ministry, working through its General Secretariat of Transport and General Secretariat of Infrastructure; Anastaseos 2 & Tsigante, 15669 Papagou
- Market · Region
- European Union · Greece
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Digital operations
Sets Greek rail policy and approves infrastructure manager congestion decisions.
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Sets rail policy and programming for Greece and is the approving authority above the infrastructure manager: the Network Statement records that a congested-infrastructure decision by the infrastructure manager must be approved by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, and the ministry is the recipient of the national safety authority's reporting. Its ministers handed over the Thessaloniki Metro extension to Kalamaria in August 2026 and announced that studies for a western Thessaloniki extension were starting.
- Type
- National rail HQ — the sponsoring ministry, working through its General Secretariat of Transport and General Secretariat of Infrastructure; Anastaseos 2 & Tsigante, 15669 Papagou
- Where
- Greece · Athens
- Programmes
- Connecting Europe Facility, ERTMS / ETCS, TEN-T, Recovery and Resilience Facility, EU High-Speed Rail Plan
- Technology areas
- Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Digital operations
Structure
- controls Hellenic Railways (OSE) — Sponsoring ministry: the Network Statement 2026 records that a decision by the infrastructure manager on congested infrastructure must be approved by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport (active)
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Sources for these relationships (3)
- ● Υπουργείο Υποδομών και Μεταφορών (Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport) · yme.gov.gr home page — the ministry, its General Secretariat of Transport and General Secretariat of Infrastructure, address Anastaseos 2 & Tsigante, 15669 Papagou, switchboard +30 210 6508000 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Hellenic Railways Single-Member Société Anonyme (HR S-M S.A.) · Network Statement 2026 (English) — the statutory network statement under Article 27 of Law 4408/2016: company name, timetable period 14.12.2025–12.12.2026, Traffic Directorate as the access desk, maximum speed 160 km/h passenger and 120 km/h freight, 22.5 t axle load, ETCS Level 1 as the installed train protection system, traffic control centres at Corinth, Athens, Acharnes Railway Centre, Lianokladi, Larissa and Thessaloniki, Freight Corridor 7, and the works restrictions naming ERGOSE Contracts 713 and 1511 (published 2026-02 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Ρυθμιστική Αρχή Σιδηροδρόμων (RAS) — National Safety Authority · NSA Ετήσια Έκθεση Ασφάλειας 2024 / Annual Safety Report 2024 — the authority's own report: 9 significant accidents in 2024 against 7 in 2023 and a five-year average of 9.4; 6 fatalities in 2024 against 59 in 2023, of which 57 were in the Tempi accident, against a five-year average of 16.8; the licensed railway undertakings are Hellenic Train (formerly TRAINOSE, part of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane), STASY (a public undertaking within the state holding company (Υπερταμείο)), Rail Cargo Logistics Goldair, GFR (Romanian, operating in Greece since 2022) and PEARL (licensed but not certified and not yet operating); Hellenic Train is also a certified entity in charge of maintenance; GAIAOSE is the public undertaking that owns and manages the existing national rolling-stock fleet under the supervision of the state holding company (Υπερταμείο); the national investigation body is EODASAAM (published 2026-04 · checked 2026-09-13)
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- ● Υπουργείο Υποδομών και Μεταφορών (Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport) · yme.gov.gr home page — the ministry, its General Secretariat of Transport and General Secretariat of Infrastructure, address Anastaseos 2 & Tsigante, 15669 Papagou, switchboard +30 210 6508000 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Hellenic Railways Single-Member Société Anonyme (HR S-M S.A.) · Network Statement 2026 (English) — the statutory network statement under Article 27 of Law 4408/2016: company name, timetable period 14.12.2025–12.12.2026, Traffic Directorate as the access desk, maximum speed 160 km/h passenger and 120 km/h freight, 22.5 t axle load, ETCS Level 1 as the installed train protection system, traffic control centres at Corinth, Athens, Acharnes Railway Centre, Lianokladi, Larissa and Thessaloniki, Freight Corridor 7, and the works restrictions naming ERGOSE Contracts 713 and 1511 (published 2026-02 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ Α.Ε. · Εγκαίνια επέκτασης της Γραμμής του Μετρό της Θεσσαλονίκης προς την Καλαμαριά — the handover ceremony at Mikra station on 27 August 2026 bringing five new stations into service; the release records the ministers' statements that the extension is expected to serve at least 60,000 passengers a day and remove about 12,000 cars, that more than EUR 1 billion of European funds supported construction, that studies for a western Thessaloniki extension are starting, and names AKTOR, Honeywell, Hitachi and THEMA as the contractors, with THEMA's chief executive citing ATM and Egis know-how (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Ρυθμιστική Αρχή Σιδηροδρόμων (RAS) — National Safety Authority · NSA Ετήσια Έκθεση Ασφάλειας 2024 / Annual Safety Report 2024 — the authority's own report: 9 significant accidents in 2024 against 7 in 2023 and a five-year average of 9.4; 6 fatalities in 2024 against 59 in 2023, of which 57 were in the Tempi accident, against a five-year average of 16.8; the licensed railway undertakings are Hellenic Train (formerly TRAINOSE, part of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane), STASY (a public undertaking within the state holding company (Υπερταμείο)), Rail Cargo Logistics Goldair, GFR (Romanian, operating in Greece since 2022) and PEARL (licensed but not certified and not yet operating); Hellenic Train is also a certified entity in charge of maintenance; GAIAOSE is the public undertaking that owns and manages the existing national rolling-stock fleet under the supervision of the state holding company (Υπερταμείο); the national investigation body is EODASAAM (published 2026-04 · checked 2026-09-13)
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