[3] At the time, the line saw a large amount of commercial and passenger traffic and was the fourth busiest and third largest[6] station in Northern Greece.

In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network.

Timetables were cut back, and routes closed as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads.

With passenger footfall in sharp decline, the station building was closed and mothballed less than 15 years after it first opened.

The canopies became shelters for immigrants entering from Turkey,[7] the overpass filled syringes, even some broken windows and benches.