Today part of the suburban railway Inoi – Chalkida has started to circulate, with the Greek Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Mr. Michael Chrisochoidis traveling from Aulida train station along with passengers to Halkida.

It was the first train in Halkida. The new function will bring multiple benefits “reliability of maintenance services, exploiting electric trains, and reduce costs for TRAINOSE, due to reduced oil consumption.”
The Minister of transport congratulated all those who contributed to the construction of the project. He also referred to the importance of a modern suburban, uniting the metropolitan center to the region, while noting that at some time the route of the area of Inoi to the airport will be about 35-40 minutes with the electric suburban.
Motorized traffic is expected by September in the Section of Oinoi-Afidnes (Kiourka), with total length of 31 km, while in the first quarter of 2015 is expected to start the operation of the electric section Athens-Afidnon while Oinois-Tithoreas, is expected to be completed gradually.
Finally the line “Athens-Chalkida” will be able to serve 140,000 passengers per month, and by providing the electric operation, this number will increase by 40%.