JONCTION SALONIQUE-CONSTANTINOPLE (JSC)

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THESSALONIKI - CONSTANTINOPLE JUNCTION RAILWAY: On 10 September 1892, by imperial decree, the French banker of Constantinople, Rene Beaudoay, was granted the privilege of construction and exploitation for 99 years of the network, which would connect the lines of CO, Thessaloniki - Skopje and Alexandroupolis - Adrianople. Beaudoay, finding capitalists, founded the company Jonction Salonique-Constantinople (JSC) with the right to exploit and construct the Polikastro - Fere line. Then and after many negotiations, JSC by paying compensation to CO got the license and built the union lines Thessaloniki - Kalindia and Potamos - Alexandroupolis. JSC in the city of Thessaloniki had two stations of its own. The first was located in the area, where the depot of OSE is located today, while the second, which was served by a single line, was located on Anagennisi Street at the intersection with the 26th of October. It also had its own station in the city of Alexandroupolis on the north-eastern outskirts of the city. After the end of the Balkan wars as well as the World War I, where the territories all came under Greek territory, in 1921 the line of JSC was bought by the Greek state and immediately belonged to the network of SEK, when the existence of JSC.