locomotive, while other rolling stock shall remain as display items (a Tubize steam locomotive, a Breda railbus etc.). Kavasila – Vartholomio – Kyllini This branch line, part of the SPAP network, served the port of Kyllini, from which ferries sail to Zakynthos Island. Services on this branch started in August 1891 and lasted until 1988, with full services and with limited services until 1996, when the line was closed down. This line also included the 10.8 km branch Vartholomio–Loutra Kyllinis railway line, which opened in June 1892 and closed down in 1969. Kryoneri – Missolonghi – Agrinio This metre gauge line that was opened in the 1890s linked the small port of Kryoneri with Missolonghi and Agrinio. A short branch from Aitoliko to Katochi was in operation from 1912 to 1940. From Kryoneri to Patras, a ferryboat service was provided. The expense of the ferry, the increase in private car traffic, and the hostility of local authorities led to the closure of the line for passenger traffic in 1970 and for departmental traffic in 1975. In the 1990s, a plan to restore and reopen the line was started. The track was modernised and work finished in 2003, but passenger services have not been restored, due to lack of personnel and rolling stock. Other A number of lines were closed before 1971 and subsequently the track was lifted. They include Sarakli-Savros, Angista-Amphipolis, Alexandroupolis bypass, Skydra-Almopia and Herakleion Kule-Xeropotamos. Planned lines Thessaloniki-Kavala-Toxotes: On 8 March 2016 an intergovernmental agreement between Greece and Turkey for reconnecting the Istanbul to Thessaloniki line was signed. An extension to Igoumenitsa, with the goal to create the Eastern Egnatia Railway, is planned. In November 2022, ERGOSE president, Christos Vinis was reported as giving the go-ahead to the project, after a successful tendering process. Reported as one of the largest railway projects of all time in Greece, the project will see the construction of the new high speed line from Thessaloniki through Kavala and Xanthi with a total length of , part of the so-called Eastern Railway Egnatia. The new line will be electrificated, with new signalling, ETCS and new stations, and is expected to reduce journey times to under 3 hours on the Thessaloniki-Alexandroupoli route. The layout of the line is south-plain and follows that of Egnatia Street in several sections. The speeds that will be developed will be 160–200 km/h in places. The final cost is