The President of OSE (Hellenic Railways Organisation), Mr. Giannos Grammatidis, and the Ambassador of Switzerland, Mr. Stefan Estermann, discussed the possibility of gradually reactivating the historic metric railway network of the Peloponnese, which is the longest such network in Europe.

The network could potentially serve both cultural and tourist routes, as well as local passenger needs.

The Swiss Ambassador informed Mr. Grammatidis of the decision of the Swiss side to support the completion of a detailed feasibility study that is already underway and whose elements will be discussed at a subsequent meeting of all parties and stakeholders in Nafplio in early December 2024.

Mr. Grammatidis stressed the importance of the regeneration of the Peloponnesian Railway for passenger, cultural, and tourism purposes, with the ultimate aim of connecting places of natural beauty and historical interest such as Corinth, Nafplio, Kalamata, Mycenae, Ancient Olympia, and many others, perfectly serving Greece's strategy for more sustainable, multi-dimensional, and less seasonal tourism.

The OSE President concluded that ultimately such a project would contribute to the protection and transmission of a unique cultural heritage and the regeneration of the Peloponnesian countryside.

Finally, for his part, the Swiss Ambassador stressed that he is determined to invite all stakeholders in a joint effort by offering the Swiss experience of operating metropolitan mountain railway systems and creating attractive tourism programs in order to serve the need for the widest possible promotion of a reactivated Peloponnesian Railway.

After this meeting, the President of OSE informed the Regional Governor of Western Greece, Mr. Nektarios Farmakis, and the Regional Governor of the Peloponnese, Mr. Dimitrios Ptochos, about this project and about the next joint coordinated actions related to the above project.