Kerameikos metro station

Kerameikos (Greek: Κεραμεικός) is a station on Athens Metro Line 3. It opened on 26 May 2007 as part of the Egaleo extension.^[2]

Κεραμεικός Kerameikos
The station entrance in 2023
General information
Location	Athens Greece
Coordinates	37°58′42.7″N 23°42′41.2″E
Managed by	STASY
Line(s)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Key dates
26 May 2007	Opened[1]
Services
Preceding station Athens Metro Following station Eleonas towards Dimotiko Theatro Line 3 Monastiraki towards Athens Airport
Location

History

Proposals for a metro station at Kerameikos started with the Second Smith Study of 1974, and was reaffirmed by the SOFRETU proposal of 1978.^{[3]: 21, 24} Kerameikos was originally part of the original "Olympic Metro" scheme of the Athens Metro, and the station was supposed to be located south-west of the junction with Iera Odos and Peiraios Street. However, construction on the station stopped in 1998, due to an archaeological dispute.^[4] Construction of Kerameikos resumed at a new location in Gazi, and the original station box became an underground car park.^[3]: 3

Station layout

G	Street level	Exits
B1	Concourse	Customer Service Tickets
B2	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← to Dimotiko Theatro (Eleonas)
	Platform 2	← to Athens Airport (Monastiraki) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

1. "The operation of the Metro extension to Egaleo began on Saturday". in.gr (in Greek). Athens: Alter Ego Media. 26 May 2007. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
2. "AttikoMetro Inside - ATHENS METRO - Commissioning of the extension to Egaleo". Attiko Metro S.A. 24 May 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
3. Skayannis, Pantoleon; Kaparos, George; et al. (February 2010). "Project Profile: Greece: Athens Metro (Attiko Metro)" (PDF). Bartlett School of Planning: Omega Centre. London: University College London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
4. Axarlis, Nikos (March 1998). "Tunnel Canceled". Archaeology. Long Island City: Archaeological Institute of America. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.