Cabviews side by side comparison from Greece

[Demosthenes]

Here is my first video attempt "The Trains of History" from the greek railways. I compare two cabviews side by side, left from 1997 & right from 2019. I 've tried to synchronize metre by metre the views and I think I 've made it!

 

[hexagon789]

Here is my first video attempt "The Trains of History" from the greek railways. I compare two cabviews side by side, left from 1997 & right from 2019. I 've tried to synchronize metre by metre the views and I think I 've made it!

Which route from Athens? The Thessaloniki mainline?

 

[Demosthenes]

That's right. The original video is from german TV series Die Schönsten Bahnstrecken Europas (Europe's Most Beautiful Railways)

 

[hexagon789]

That's right. The original video is from german TV series Die Schönsten Bahnstrecken Europas (Europe's Most Beautiful Railways)

Cheers, thank you.

 

[davetheguard]

Thanks Demosthenes, that must have been quite difficult to synchronize!

I last travelled on the route back in 2014, from Larissa station in Athens to Chalkis unexpectedly having to change at the junction station of Inoi from a DMU on the main line to an EMU on the branch line. Is work on the electrification of the main line now complete, and the trains being electrically worked?

 

[hexagon789]

Thanks Demosthenes, that must have been quite difficult to synchronize!

I last travelled on the route back in 2014, from Larissa station in Athens to Chalkis unexpectedly having to change at the junction station of Inoi from a DMU on the main line to an EMU on the branch line. Is work on the electrification of the main line now complete, and the trains being electrically worked?

I believe the Athens-Thessaloniki mainline has been electrically worked for some years now with 200km/h locos and air-conditioned coaches which replaced the IC Diesel unit sets which now seem to run on many cross-country branches rather than InterCity routes.

 

[Ian99]

Here is my first video attempt "The Trains of History" from the greek railways. I compare two cabviews side by side, left from 1997 & right from 2019. I 've tried to synchronize metre by metre the views and I think I 've made it!

Impressive synchronisation, well done.

Interesting where there has been a new tunnel built but looks like it follows the line on the old route. I wonder why it was built and I wonder what is now on top of it.

 

[Midnight Sun]

Was steam still in use on the mainline in 1997? Steam loco on right hand track 9.26

 

[Richard Scott]

Thanks Demosthenes, that must have been quite difficult to synchronize!

I last travelled on the route back in 2014, from Larissa station in Athens to Chalkis unexpectedly having to change at the junction station of Inoi from a DMU on the main line to an EMU on the branch line. Is work on the electrification of the main line now complete, and the trains being electrically worked?

Definitely electric - did the route throughout in August last year and was class 120 locos throughout on hauled stock.

 

[duesselmartin]

That's right. The original video is from german TV series Die Schönsten Bahnstrecken Europas (Europe's Most Beautiful Railways)

Can one buy the original?

 

[Demosthenes]

Thanks Demosthenes, that must have been quite difficult to synchronize!

I last travelled on the route back in 2014, from Larissa station in Athens to Chalkis unexpectedly having to change at the junction station of Inoi from a DMU on the main line to an EMU on the branch line. Is work on the electrification of the main line now complete, and the trains being electrically worked?

It's quite difficult for someone unexperienced in editing software but I am a videographer so it isn't so much difficult for me, but this takes time and it needs patience. I would like to synchronize routes from all over the world but it's hard to find old and new footage from the same route.

From May 2019 the new double main line Athens - Thessaloniki is fully electrified and Athens - Chalkis too. No Brallos pass, many new bridges, tunnels (9 Km the longest!). 500Km in about 4h planed to be in 3h20m. Next autumn the first converted ETR470 from Italy is expected especially for Athens - Thessaloniki.

 

[Demosthenes]

Impressive synchronisation, well done.

Interesting where there has been a new tunnel built but looks like it follows the line on the old route. I wonder why it was built and I wonder what is now on top of it.

Thank you!
There are now two double tunnels about 2Km, one for the main line bypasses stops and the other for the suburban railway. It looks like this overground

Recently the undergrouding with cut & cover method with a similar tunnel 1.9Km long, established from Athens Central station up to National highway bridge.

 

[Demosthenes]

Was steam still in use on the mainline in 1997? Steam loco on right hand track 9.26

The last normal schedule Steam loco was about 1975. From then only for excursion. Nowadays very rarely...

 

[Demosthenes]

Can one buy the original?

Unfortunately there is no DVD for Greece. The last seen on tv was 2013 at ARD Germany with quite good quality in contrast with the first tv broadcast.