[4] The French company ATON[3] with Italian craftsmen's assistant, who had acquired great experience in similar projects in the Alps, built the line.

During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941–44), Athens was controlled by German military forces and the line used for the transport of troops and weapons.

The track and rolling stock replacement took time following the civil war, with normal service levels resumed around 1948.

On 1 January 1971, the station and most of the Greek rail infrastructure were transferred to the Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation.

Freight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly of OSE for the transport of agricultural products and fertilisers ended in the early 1990s.

In 2016[10] to celebrate 120 years of railways in Greece, the station welcomed the mayor of Kalavrita George Lazouras, the philharmonic and trains of three different "eras", and the album about the Cog Railway, written by George Nathainas was unveiled that day as part of the celebrations along with a commemorative stamp.

[14] At platform level, there are sheltered seating but no Dot-matrix display departure or arrival screens or timetable poster boards.