Kifissia metro station

Kifissia (Greek: Κηφισιά, Kifisia) is a metro station in Kifissia, Athens, Greece. It is the northern terminus of Athens Metro Line 1, located 25.655 km from the starting point in Piraeus. The station was opened on 10 August 1957, and was renovated for the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Κηφισιά Kifissia
Kifissia metro station
General information
Location	Kifissia Greece
Coordinates	38.073225°N 23.808160°E / 38.073225; 23.808160
Managed by	STASY
Line(s)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Key dates
10 August 1957	Opened
14 July 2004	Rebuilt[1]
Services
Preceding station Athens Metro Following station KAT towards Piraeus Line 1 Terminus
Former services Preceding station Former railways Following station Marousi towards Lavrion Square Lavrion Square–Strofyli Railway Strofyli Terminus
Location

History

Kifissia metro station was opened by the Hellenic Electric Railways on 10 August 1957, as part of the most recent extension of the line from Irakleio: the station was then renovated for the 2004 Summer Olympics, with the renovation works being completed on 14 July 2004.^[1]

The metro station was built on the same location as the former Lavrion Square–Strofyli railway station, which was 15.5 kilometres along the former railway from Lavrion Square: that station was open from 4 February 1885^{[which calendar?]} to 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]

Station layout

Ground/Concourse G/C	Customer service	Tickets/Exits
P Platforms
	Platform 1	← towards Piraeus (KAT)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left,right
	Platform 2	← towards Piraeus (KAT)
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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.