Mezourlo railway station

In 1955 Thessaly Railways, faced with huge financial obligations was absorbed into Hellenic State Railways (SEK).^[6] In 1970 OSE became the legal successor to the SEK, taking over responsibilities for most of Greece's rail infrastructure.

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. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane^[7] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE.

In May 2021, a tender process for the installation of noise barriers along railway lines that cross Larissa^[5] (that includes the section Mezourlo station) was announced.^[8] The project, €5.9 million^[8] (without VAT), is the construction of sound curtains in partial locations of the railway corridor and within the urban fabric Larissa, from Mezourlos station to the bridge of the river Pinios, along the railway 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), with sound curtains taking up 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) and additional trackside fencing coving the remaining 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi).^[8] The project, €5.9 million^[8] The Contracting of the project, which is co-financed by a regional program of the Region of Thessaly, is estimated within 2021 and the contractual time of its implementation in around 18 months.^[8]

The unstaffed station has waiting rooms and a single platform. There are no taxi ranks or parking facilities at the station.

There is a large maintenance depot located adjacent to the station^[5] The OSE facilities occupy an area of about 280 acres (1.8% of the city).^[5] In recent years, the site has become overground with resting wagons and disused rolling stock left to rust and be vandalised.^[5][9] In January 2021^[9] it was announced that the resting trains, which have become a local eye saw would be moved.^[9]

The station is served the following Hellenic Train services:

• Regional services to Thessaloniki and Palaiofarsalos.^[10]

Trains used to run Volos, but the new line was constructed to Kalambaka; these services were withdrawn.

In 2010 to a 12-year-old boy was electrocuted at the station.^[3]

On 14 October 2017^[11] a 15-year-old student Konstantinos Babaniaris, was "struck by lightning" by the aerial power lines that pass through the station.^[3] After a week of hospitalization, he succumbed to his injuries. He was later commemorated in a song, by Vassilis Babaniaris, with Lyrics from Konstantinos Babaniaris called The Bridge (2020), commissioned by his family.^[3] In September 2021 an 18-month prison sentence (with a three-year suspension) was issued on the two former OSE superiors.^[12]

On 30 December 2020, an 18-year-old woman was 'hit' by an electrical discharge from overhead wires.^[13] The woman, who was not named^[13] received around 25,000 volts was transported by ambulance to the hospital with burns over 70% of her body,^[3] while a boy who was with her did not suffer injuries.^[13]