waiting for the train, a photo from Magnisia, Thessaly

Photographer's Note

waiting for the train
station Volos

Volos' railway station building was built by Evaristo De Chirico soon after the liberation of Central Greece. Part of the station still functions in this picturesque 1884 structure, reminiscent to some of a stately home. The adjacent neoclassical building, built between 1900 and 1903 under Evaristo De Chirico, served as the administrative headquarters of the Thessaly Railways.

Today, the city is served by direct lines to the rest of Greece, and the railway complex houses facilities for train maintenance. Volos is directly linked with Athens once per day, with Thessaloniki twice per day, and with Larissa 15 times a day. In the past Volos was served by railway lines of three different gauges, the metre gauge line of Thessaly Railways to Kalampaka, the standard gauge line to Larissa and the 600 mm line to Pelion. Remnants of triple gauge lines still exist near the station

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bema (26591) 2010-10-12 11:48

Geia sou Costantino,

today we are neighbours at TE, how fine..
looks a bit like the station i saw at Ano Lehonia, also a part of the pelion railway line, which today runs as a show-train.. can remember also some railway lines between Volos and Ano Lehonia, think there was a connection in earlier times..

wish you a wonderful evening, filika Bernd

emilbo (22616) 2010-10-12 11:53

Allô Constantino!
Vraiment jolie cette gare et bien mise en valeur par le bel éclairage. L'architecture et les couleurs sont merveilleuses, beau contraste avec le gris. Les gens animent bien la place.
Bravo!... et bonne soirée,
Emilius

williewhistler (16606) 2010-10-12 11:58

Hello Costantino, a colourful and well kept building makes a very pleasing image with nice lead in lines 0n both sides of the picture.
Les

ciakgiak (30) 2010-10-12 12:38

Ciao caro Costantino,
splendida la struttura di questa minuscola stazione, mi piace questo tuo documento, molto nitido e dettagliato, con colori magnifici e grande qualità.
Un caro abbraccio.
Giorgio

PixelTerror (0) 2010-10-12 12:41

HI Costantino
A nice little railway station under fine light, I would prefer to see a train in the frame but maybe is was striking as in France today...
Have a nice day jY

izmirli (3989) 2010-10-12 23:22

good morning my dear friend costantino
how are you?
wonderful composition and colours.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

snunney (130967) 2010-10-13 1:34

Hello Costantino,
What a colourful and unusual railway station. An animated well composed shot with good tonal contrasts. Good to see the trains are still running.

holmertz (103520) 2010-10-13 4:57

Hello Costantino,
An interesting photo of this remarkably picturesque little railway station. It looks very idyllic. Good POV and fine colours.
Best regards,
Gert

TopGeo (38220) 2010-10-13 7:53

Kalispere Kosta
Mia omorfi epilogi tou Stathmou!
entyposiaki leptomeria xromata kai safinia!
Moy arese to kadrarisma kai i epikogi tiw thesis
Xaireto
Georgios

macjake (98544) 2010-10-13 9:07

Hi Costantino
this is certainly not your typical Greece photo.
and thats why i like it.
the colours are fantastically vivid and unique.
i'd like to see more of this area too.
Cheers
craig

maria-v1981 (10966) 2010-10-13 11:08

Kalispera Konstantine,
Oraios titlos kai mia eikona gemati me poikila sinaisthimata.
Se enan statmo allos gelaei,allos klaei, allos anipomonei.
Poli oraia xromata kai kalo kadrarisma.
Kalo apogeuma.
Maria.

anokutan (15097) 2010-10-13 13:25

Hello Costantino,
A nice little railway station under fine light.Wonderful composition and colours.

pajaran (116915) 2010-10-13 13:43

Dobro vece.
Mesta kojih se rado secamo iz vremena putovanja vozom ...
Mnogo lepa zeleznicka stanica, dobar tekst, ostrina i trenutak snimka, lepe boje i fotografija, dobar rad, svidja mi se.
Prijatno vece i sve najbolje, pozdrav, Paja.

Google.

Good evening.
Places which are happy we remember from the time the train ride ...
Lots of beautiful train stations, good text, image sharpness and timing, beautiful color and photos, good work, I like it.
Pleasant evening and all the best, regards, Paja.

siamesa (28231) 2010-10-13 13:47

Boa tarde Costantino

Simple and nice composition.Beautiful architecture of this station and a capture very well done. TFS
abraços
maria

danos (110407) 2010-10-14 0:28

Κωνσταντίνε καλημέρα,
ωραίο το σκηνικό από τον σιδηροδρομικό σταθμό του Βόλου,που μου θυμίζει αρκετά τον σταθμό στα Άνω Λεχώνια.Μου αρέσει το αρχιτεκτονικό στύλ του σταθμού, όπως και ο σωστός φωτισμός της φωτογραφίας.

Σε χαιρετώ,Δάνος

npecanhuk (79329) 2010-10-14 5:24

Hi Costantino!
Lovely small train station!
Attractive picture!
Sharpness, exposure, chosen pov, vertical format, pp, contrasts, black & white borders, colors and composition are all excellent!
TFS - congrats,
Best regards,
Neyvan

claudeD (47754) 2010-10-14 7:08

Hello Costantino,

You have very interesting and colorful railway stations in Greece.We have only classic architecture constructions.I like the colorful aspect of this house.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

JC

jemaflor (148094) 2010-10-20 10:43

Hi Costantino,
Beautiful railway station with these colourful walls, well composed, good result in a vertical format and from this pov.

Bluejeans (64251) 2010-10-20 11:04

Ola Costantino ,
Beleza esta estação de comboios tem uns belos detalhes de arquitectura , bonitas as suas cores em verde e amarelo , boa escolha pelo formato vertical, parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

baddori (20341) 2010-10-21 12:59

COSTANTINO
Una foto bella , interessante , e divulgativa di un tipo di architettura, per me, inusuale .
Un buon bottino per te e per il mio tema (ferrovie)
GF

cornejo (61504) 2010-10-31 11:36

Greeting Constantino, very nice station and photo, good shot and very good work, congratulation.

Miguel82 (47110) 2014-07-15 8:54

Original design and superb drinking fountain in that small railway station Constantino, good pov, excellent light, greetings

ikeharel (114435) 2022-06-18 0:28

Nice moment collected, Costantino.
People gathered under the beautifully decorated station roof, probably they saw it many times already - but I find this very attractive RR station building.
Kalimera and wish you a nice weekend,
Ike