Palaiofarsalos – Kalambaka railway: electrification and signalling

Electronic signalling remote-controlled from the Larissa traffic control centre, ETCS level 1, overhead contact line, a new traction substation at Vasiliki (Trikala) connected to the ADMIE grid, SCADA, a new bypass track and a 150 m platform at Sofades, and replacement of 38 level crossing protection systems on the existing single line. ERGOSE gives EUR 50.68 million excluding VAT and planned completion in 2025, and its page (dated 20 December 2022) lists the project as in progress. The ERGOSE press release and press of the signing day (24 November 2022) name AVAX as contractor and give a contract price of EUR 52.2 million (VAT not stated) and 36 months; the difference from the ERGOSE figure is not explained. A press report of 22 June 2026 says phase B was formally included in the funding programme, with the operation running from 21 December 2022 to 31 December 2030, so the 2025 date was not met on that evidence. No source seen reports the share of work done. The line is 80.4 km according to the same press report; the drawn OpenStreetMap line measures 78.6 km and starts at the junction with the main line at Palaiofarsalos. Works on the main line itself (Domokos – Krannon) are recorded in the Athens – Thessaloniki project.