Acharnes Railway Center

Σιδηροδρομικό Κέντρο Αχαρνών Acharnes Railway Center
Location	Acharnes, Athens Greece
Coordinates	38°03′59″N 23°44′12″E / 38.06639°N 23.73667°E / 38.06639; 23.73667Coordinates: 38°03′59″N 23°44′12″E / 38.06639°N 23.73667°E / 38.06639; 23.73667
Owned by	OSE
Line(s)	Piraeus–Platy railway, Athens Airport–Kiato railway
Platforms	3 Side
Tracks	15 (2 for the Athens - Thessaloniki line, 1 for Proastiakos Trains, 1 for freight trains from Piraeus and Thriasion to Northern Greece, 4 tracks from/to Peloponnese and 7 unused tracks.
Construction
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	5 April 2011
Services
Preceding station   Proastiakos   Following station Agioi Anargyroi towards Piraeus Piraeus - Chalcis Acharnes towards Chalcis Ano Liosia towards Kiato Kiato – Airport Metamorfosi towards Airport Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station Athens Terminus TrainOSE Oinoi toward Thessaloniki

Work in progress at Acharnai Railway Center, while MLW diesel locomotive A-453 hauls southbound freight train 54507 over the existing Athens-Inoi line, 2008-02-01.
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The Acharnes Railway Center (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικό Κέντρο Αχαρνών) or SKA is a two-level railway station in the northern parts of the Athens Metropolitan Area, in the municipality of Acharnes, where several important railway lines converge. It is an important passenger interchange station, opened in April 2011.

The lines that converge in the junction are:

As of 2013^[update] the station is served by eight trains per day to Thessaloniki, one train per hour between the Airport and Kiato, three trains per hour between the Airport and Ano Liosia, and one train per hour between Piraeus and Chalcis.

The station has 8 platforms, as well as one low level platform in the median of Attiki Odos Motorway. Currently, only this platform and two others are used.

Usage of the 7 remaining platforms

Apart from the 2 platforms on the Athens to Thessaloniki Line and the Proastiakos platform low level platform, the station has 6 platforms that remain unused. Those platforms exist in order to accommodate future services, especially after the completion of the P.A.Th.E./P..

Metro Station
A future station has been proposed on line 5 of the Athens Metro. It will not open before 2030.

Low usage of the station and its unnecessarily large size and number of platforms have led to the project being criticised as a white elephant.