Corinth was the hub of the Peloponnese rail network. The railway station opened on February 11, 1884. King George I of Greece attended the ceremony, unlike the managing director of the Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways who failed to show up. He had enjoyed a night of carousing in the Athenian suburb of Kifisia and missed the train to Corinth. The company ran two trains in each direction, with additional trains during the holiday season. The old station was a neoclassical building with an elaborate track-side platform canopy to protect the passengers on the platform. The new station was built in 1955 and has a plain utilitarian edifice. The architects provided the main building with seismic protection, while murals inspired by local myths adorn the rooms and the platform.