Foreign Minister Trikoupis, who seeks to develop…

Foreign Minister Trikoupis, who seeks to develop resources and an industrial base for Greece and to create a strong army and navy, begins in 1869 to address the problem of legislative gridlock.

By 1835, three years after Greek independence, plans were being put before the Greek state to construct a railway line from Athens to the nearby port of Piraeus.

After a contract for its construction was finally signed twenty-two years later, four different companies had consumed an additional twelve years laying the eight and a half kilometers of track, the work being completed in 1869.