Edessa railway station

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Edessa railway station serves the city of Edessa in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is on the Thessaloniki–Bitola railway and is about 77 km from Thessaloniki. The station has three platforms (one rarely used) and three tracks. It is owned by GAIAOSE and operated by Hellenic Train. The station building is the original brick structure, and the line is not electrified. There is parking in front of the station, but no bicycle facilities, and access to the platforms is by crossing the tracks, which is not wheelchair accessible. Platform 1 has waiting rooms, while Platform 2 has waiting shelters. There are no digital timetable boards on the platforms.

History in brief:
- Opened in June 1894 as Vodena on the Ottoman-era Salonique-Monastir line.
- The town came under Greek control in 1912 during the First Balkan War.
- In 1925 the Greek government bought the Greek sections of the line; in 1926 the station was renamed Edessa.
- Over the years, management passed to different rail organisations (SEK, OSE, GAIAOSE).
- In 2007 the Thessaloniki Regional Railway began serving the line.
- In 2017 the passenger business was privatized as TrainOSE (now Hellenic Train); GAIAOSE remained responsible for stations.
- In 2022 Hellenic Train began serving the station again.

Current services (as of 12 May 2025):
- Line 2 (Thessaloniki Regional Railway) serves Edessa with limited service: about three trains per day to Thessaloniki, one train per day from Thessaloniki, and two trains per day to Florina.
- There are no current services to Bitola, as the international Mesonisi–Neos Kafkasos link is not in use.