Orfana railway station

On 16 January 1972, at around 16:45[1] on the line between Orfana and Doxara, a breakdown in communication between the corresponding stationmasters at Doxaras and Orfana coursed an express train and a military relief train to collided in bad weather on the single track line. The southbound diesel hauled Acropolis Express and northbound Number 121 Athens-Thessaloniki, (known as posta) were allowed to proceed[2] without first allowing a passing loop. 21 people died and more than 40 were injured[3] in one of the deadliest rail accident in Greece.[4][5] Nikolaos Gekas[6] The stationmaster at Orfana was later sentence of 5 years for his part in the disaster.[7]

The station is served by only eight trains a day.