Kalamaria station
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Kalamaria (Greek: Καλαμαριά)[1] is an under-construction metro station serving Thessaloniki Metro's Line 2. It is expected to enter service in 2023.[2]
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Location | Kalamaria Thessaloniki Greece | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°35′05″N 22°57′11″E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Attiko Metro S.A. | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 (island) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Opening | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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The station gets its name from the area of Thessaloniki it serves, Kalamaria. It is a municipality making up the Thessaloniki urban area, and the name is a corruption of either the Medieval Greek Καλή Μεριά (kali meria, good side) or "Σκάλα Μεριά" (skala meria, port side).[3]