(Source: www.odontotos.com)
About 113 years ago Odontotos rack railway started from the seaside town of Diakopto parallel to the river and climbed to Kalavrita through bridges and tunnels.
Since then, the Vouraikos river and Odontotos go together.
The little train incorporated so well to the natural environment that it seems that it had always been there. The way it was constructed did not put a strain on the ecosystem of the gorge. Using stone and wood from the area the technicians' work is so perfect that someone may think that the nature worked on its own.
Odontotos is not just a train. Vouraikos gorge and Odontotos rack railway Diakopto – Kalavrita is a unique attraction in Greece. An area full of towns, villages, hospitable inhabitants, unique environment and the scent of Greek life. In order to write the history of this place we need volumes of books but a trip on the train will give you a real taste.
Odontotos is waiting for you...
The construction of the network started in 1889 and it was inaugurated on 10 march 1896.
Since then Odontotos travels every day, all year round, whatever the weather is.
Gauge : 0,75m, this particularity makes Odontotos the narrowest in the world.
Length of the network : 22,350m.
Total toothed parts 3.400m
Maximum incline in parts with simple adhesion: 33 o/oo
Maximum incline in toothed parts: 175 o/oo
About 113years ago Greece was smaller and weak. Charilaos Trikoupis, prime minister of Greece at the time wanted to create local railway networks starting from spots next to the major railway network with lines of 75 cm width.
Trikoupis promoted a small gauge because he could see that a small train was more flexible which was a real advantage for a mountainous country and it was also cheaper to construct. Therefore, in March 1889 his government decided the construction of the railway track Diakopto – Kalavrita.
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