Kifissia metro station

Kifissia (Greek: Κηφισιά, Kifisia) is an Athens metro station in Kifisia, Athens, Greece. It is the northern terminus of the line 1. The station is situated at 25.655 km from the starting point in Piraeus. The station was opened on 10 August 1957 and was renovated in 2004. On the site of the current Athens Metro station, there was a station of the former Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line at 15.500 km from Lavriou Square. It opened on 4 February 1885 and shut down on 8 August 1938.

Κηφισιά
Kifissia
Kifissia metro station
General information
LocationKifissia
Greece
Coordinates38.073225°N 23.808160°E / 38.073225; 23.808160
Managed bySTASY
Line(s)Athens Metro Line 1
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
Key dates
10 August 1957Opened
14 July 2004Rebuilt[1]
Services
Preceding station Athens Metro Athens Metro Following station
KAT
towards Piraeus
 Line 1 Terminus
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Strofyli   Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway   Marousi
Location

History

The station was opened on 10 August 1957 and was renovated in 2004. On the site of the current Athens Metro station, there was a station of the former Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line at 15.500 km from Lavriou Square. It opened on 4 February 1885 and shut down on 8 August 1938.

Accidents and incidents

2009 Incident

On 3 March 2009, masked vandals destroyed a train waiting on one of station's platforms with Molotov cocktails, causing the service to be cut back to Eirini.[2]

2020 accident

On 7 July 2020, an Kifisias-bound terminating train[3] hit the buffers as it failed to slow while entering the station, with reports of no deaths and a total of 8 and 10 lightly injured in the incident.[4]

References
  1. "Stations". Athens Piraeus Electric Railways (in Greek). Athens. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. "Vandals attacked the electric train in Athens". GRReporter.info. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  3. "Σύγκρουση συρμού του ηλεκτρικού στην Κηφισιά με τραυματίες". 7 July 2020.
  4. "Σύγκρουση συρμού του ηλεκτρικού στην Κηφισιά με τραυματίες". 7 July 2020.


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