Kifisias railway station

Kifisias railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Κηφισίας, romanized: Sidirodromikós Stathmós Kifisías) is a station located on Kifisias Avenue in Marousi, a municipality of the regional unit of North Athens, Attica, Greece, located in the median strip of the A6 motorway (Attiki Odos), at the interchange of Kifisias Avenue, from which the station is named. It was first opened on 30 July 2004,^[5] along with the first section of the Athens Airport–Patras railway. The station consists of an island platform and a train storage line. In the future, it will meet with Metro Line 4, through Paradise Station, which is planned to open after 2035.

Κηφισίας Kifisias
Kifissias railway station, July 2013
General information
Location	Kifisias Avenue Marousi 151 25, North Athens
Coordinates	38°2′31″N 23°48′12″E
Owned by	GAIAOSE[1]
Line(s)	Airport–Patras railway[2]
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Train operators	Hellenic Train
Construction
Platform levels	2
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible
Other information
Status	Staffed
Key dates
30 July 2004	Opened[3]
4 June 2007	Electrified[4]
Services
Preceding station Suburban Rail Following station Neratziotissa towards Piraeus Line A1 Pentelis towards Athens Airport Neratziotissa towards Ano Liosia Line A2
Location

The station should not be confused with the metro station of Line 1, which lies further north in the suburb of Kifisia.

History

The station opened on 30 July 2004, along with the first section of the Athens Airport–Patras railway. In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network. Timetables were cut back, and routes closed as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. Services from Athens Airport & Athens were cut back, with some ticket offices closing, reducing the reliability of services and passenger numbers. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane^[6] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office and cafe (since closed). At platform level, the station is equipped with Dot-matrix display departure and arrival screens on the platforms for passenger information, seating, and information boards, with access to the platforms via life or escalator. Outside the station, there a limited number of parking spaces for railway users.

Services

Since 15 May 2022, the following weekday services call at this station:

• Athens Suburban Railway Line A1 between Piraeus and Athens Airport, with up to one train per hour;^[7]
• Athens Suburban Railway Line A2 between Ano Liosia and Athens Airport, with up to one train per hour: during the peak hours, there is one extra train per hour that terminates at Paiania–Kantza instead of the Airport.^[7]

Future

The Athens Metro Development Plan of October 2022 currently proposes an interchange from this station with Line 4, at Paradissos.^[8]

Station layout

Line structure
Legend
to Nerantziotissa to Pentelis

L Ground/Concourse	Customer service	Tickets/Exits
Level Ε1	Platform 1	← to Piraeus / to Ano Liosia (Nerantziotissa)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ to Athens Airport (Pentelis) →

References

1. "Home". gaiaose.com.
2. "Annexes". Network Statement (PDF) (2023 ed.). Athens: Hellenic Railways Organization. 17 January 2023. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
3. Chatziioannidou, Efis (31 July 2004). "And the commuter rail gets on track". Kathimerini (in Greek). Athens: Kathimerini Publishing. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
4. "Piraeus-Spata in 50 minutes by Suburban Railway". in.gr (in Greek). Athens: Alter Ego Media. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
5. "Τα δρομολόγια του Προαστιακού της Αθήνας". 26 April 2014.
6. "It's a new day for TRAINOSE as FS acquires the entirety of the company's shares". ypodomes.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
7. Antoniou, George (20 June 2022). "Timetable: Piraeus-Athens-Airport and Ano Liosia-Koropi-Airport" (PDF). Hellenic Train. Athens. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
   Antoniou, George (20 June 2022). "Timetable: Airport-Koropi-Ano Liosia and Airport-Athens-Piraeus" (PDF). Hellenic Train. Athens. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
8. "Athens Metro Lines Development Plan" (PDF). Attiko Metro. Athens. October 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.