has a train station with regular trains to the port of Katakolo and Olympia. Service on the line from Patras to Kalamata via Pyrgos has been suspended in 2011. Pyrgos has a bus terminal, served by KTEL Ileias, with regular buses for the regional routes to most places in Elis as well as for intercity routes to Athens and to larger cities such as Patras, Kalamata, Ioannina and Thessaloniki. The Greek National Road 9 connects Pyrgos with Patras and Kyparissia, the Greek National Road 74 run from Pyrgos to Tripoli via Olympia. The nearest airport is located in Andravida near the town of Amaliada but it is served for military operations only. However, there are plans to open passenger operations in the next years. The alternative airports for passenger operations are Araxos airport. located in the province of Aichaia about 60 km or Kalamata Captain Vasilios Constatakopoulos airport, in Messinia province near Kalamata about 120 km from the city. Education Department of Museum Studies of the university of Patras based in the city. Sporting teams Paniliakos F.C. (played last in the first division during the 2003–2004 season) Notable people Andreas Avgerinos (1820–1895), politician Petros Avgerinos (19th century), politician, mayor of Pyrgos Nakis Avgerinos (1911–2001), politician Giorgos Karagounis (1977–), footballer Kostas Kazakos (1935–2022), actor and politician George Pavlopoulos (1924–2008), poet Takis Sinopoulos (1917–1981), poet Stephanos Stephanopoulos (1898–1982), politician and President of the Hellenic Republic Theodoros Xydis, (1909–1985), poet and essayist. Sakis Karagiorgas (1930–1985), professor in Panteion University See also List of settlements in Elis References External links Populated places in Elis Greek prefectural capitals Municipalities of Western Greece 1512 establishments in Europe