Athens Metro
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The Athens Metro (Template:Langx) is a rapid transit system serving the Athens urban area in Greece. Line 1 opened as a single-track conventional steam railway in 1869 and was electrified in 1904. Beginning in 1991, Elliniko Metro S.A. constructed and extended Lines 2 and 3.<ref name="90s-construction"/> It has significantly changed Athens by providing a much-needed solution to the city's traffic and air pollution problem, as well as revitalising many of the areas it serves. Extensions of existing lines are under development or tender, like the Line 2 extension to Ilion where tender started in 2023, as well as a new Line 4, whose central section began construction in October 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Athens Metro is actively connected with the other means of public transport, such as buses, trolleys, the Athens Tram and the Athens Suburban Railway. The Athens Metro is hailed for its modernity (mainly the newer lines 2, 3), and many of its stations feature works of art, exhibitions and displays of the archaeological remains found during its construction. Photography and video-taking is permitted across the whole network<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and street photographers often work in Athens Metro. This was the only metro system in Greece, before the Thessaloniki Metro began operations on 30 November 2024.
HistoryEdit
Piraeus–Kifissia Railway (Line 1)Edit
Until 28 January 2000, Line 1 was the only rapid-transit line in Athens. The Athens and Piraeus Railway Company (SAP) opened a steam single-track mixed cargo and passenger railway line on 27 February 1869 and was run between Template:Stl and Template:Stl. It was electrified in 1904. On 4 February 1885 Lavrion Square-Strofyli steam narrow gauge single-track mixed cargo and passenger railway line opened and was run at the time from Attiki Square to Kifissia through Iraklio. These originally mixed cargo and passenger railway lines gradually merged and converted to a rapid-transit system. The section between Kifissia and Strofyli was abandoned.
From 1869 to 1926 the line was operated by SAP. From 1926 to 1976 the line was operated by Hellenic Electric Railways (EIS). In 1976 the EIS was nationalized and renamed Athens-Piraeus Electric Railway Company (ISAP), which continued to operate what became line 1 of the Athens Metro until 16 June 2011.<ref name="about-stasy"/>
Template:Anchor1990s projectsEdit
Since the current Line 1 opened, the government has proposed many expansions to the subway network, including a 1963 plan for a fourteen-line subway network.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Construction of Lines 2 and 3 began in November 1992 to decrease traffic congestion and improve Athens' air quality by reducing its smog level.<ref name="90s-construction">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Both lines were constructed underground. Lines 2 and 3, built by Attiko Metro S.A. and operated until 2011 by Attiko Metro Operations Company, are known respectively as the red and blue lines and were inaugurated in January 2000. Line 3 was extended to the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in summer 2004, and Line 2 was extended to Anthoupoli and Elliniko in 2013.
ConsolidationEdit
Until 17 June 2011,<ref name="about-stasy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the operational management of the Athens Metro network was similar to that of the London Underground network before the creation of the London Passenger Transport Board and the absorption of the Metropolitan Railway on 1 July 1933. The Greek government attempted to absorb ISAP into Attiko Metro operation company under Law 2669/1998 so the latter would be responsible for the whole network,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> but this initiative failed.Template:Why Athens Metro operations were consolidated when the Greek government enacted Law 3920/2011,<ref>Law 3920, Government Gazette issue A-33, 3 March 2011.</ref> replacing AMEL, ISAP and Tram S.A. with Urban Rail Transport S.A. (STASY S.A.) (Template:Langx), a subsidiary of OASA S.A. (Athens Urban Transport Organisation S.A.).<ref>Ministerial Decision 28737/2637, Government Gazette issue B-1454, 17 June 2011</ref>
TimelineEdit
InfrastructureEdit
Lines and stationsEdit
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The Athens Metro consists of three lines totalling Template:Convert and 66 stations: Line 1 (Green) is Template:Convert long with 24 stations, Line 2 (Red) is Template:Convert long with 20 stations, and Line 3 (Blue) is Template:Convert long with 24 stations.<ref name="metro-stats-2022"/> STASY owns and operates 62 of the 66 stations: three other stations (Template:Stn, Template:Stn and Template:Stn) belong to GAIAOSE and the Template:Stn station belongs to the operator of the Athens International Airport.
The system has five interchanges, at Template:Metro, Template:Metro, Template:Metro, Template:Metro and Template:Metro, allowing all three to interchange with each other at least once. Each line also has at least one connection with the Athens Suburban Railway, and the Athens Tram.
| Line | Map colourTemplate:Efn |
Opened | Last extension |
Type | Stations | Length | Termini | Template:Abbr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Rint | style="background:#Template:Rcr;color:#FFF;"|Green | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | Sub surface | 24 | Template:Convert | Template:Blist | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Rint | style="background:#Template:Rcr;color:#FFF;"|Red | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | Deep level | 20 | Template:Convert | Template:Blist | <ref name="tanea-20000128">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="irj-2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Rint | style="background:#Template:Rcr;color:#FFF;"|Blue | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | Deep level | 27 | Template:ConvertTemplate:Efn | Template:Blist | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Total: | 66Template:Efn | Template:Convert | |||||||
Line 2 is entirely underground. Line 1 is mostly overground, with an underground section spanning between the Monastiraki and Attiki stations, and an additional underground station (Kato Patisia) in central Athens. Line 3 is mostly underground; Trains that run an overground route are only those with the airport as final destination. The overground section of Line 3, east of the tunnel portal near Template:Stl, is open. In the tunnel sections up and down lines share a common tunnel, except for approaches to stations with an island platform (such as Egaleo). Train maintenance facilities are located at Attiki, Faliro, Irini, Piraeus, Kifissia and Thissio for Line 1, and Doukissis Plakentias, Eleonas and Sepolia for Lines 2 and 3.
The Athens Metro's three lines carried approximately 1,353,000 passengers daily in 2010.<ref name="Lines2&3" />
A network map of the Athens Metro system, that includes the three current lines, the under construction line 4, the tramway, the suburban railway and all the future under design extensions.<ref name="ametro-map-2022" />
Rolling stockEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The network uses standard gauge electric trains which in most places run on 750 V DC third rail, but the section of Line 3 running to the airport requires trains which can use overhead lines of 25 kV AC, 50 Hz.
The Athens Metro classifies rolling stock by "batch" for Line 1 and "generation" for Lines 2 and 3 because ISAP and AMEL used different classification systems for rolling stock before consolidation. Six types of rolling stock operate on the network, all equipped with third rail current collection systems; however, only seven second-generation trains have the necessary overhead line equipment to serve Line 3 from Template:Stl to Template:Stl.
The eighth batch (introduced in 1983) is the oldest rolling stock in passenger service, while the third generation (introduced in 2013) is the latest rolling stock in passenger service. The eighth- and tenth-batch stock is externally similar, but the former has split-flap headsigns in Johnston typeface and a cream-and-green interior colour scheme. An extensive refurbishment programme is in progress for the 8th batch (as of 2023), and to cover for trains undergoing refurbishment, up to five 1st generation Line 2/3 trains have been borrowed to operate on Line 1.
Line 1 halfsets have driving cabs at both ends, unlike the Line 2/3 halfsets which have a driving cab at the outer ends, but only basic driving apparatus for shunting purposes only at the inner ends; thus, they can only operate on their own inside depots.
Line 1Edit
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Lines | Number of Coaches per Trainset | Number of Doors per Side | Passengers | In service since | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th Batch | MAN SE, Siemens Mobility | File:Athen Metro Kifisia.jpg 8th Batch trainset at Kifisia (2009) |
File:Athens Metro Line 1.svg | 5 | 4 | 830 | 1983–1985 | The 8th batch, also known as Columbia, from the well-known space shuttle is the oldest of the series of trainsets that runs on the Athens Metro network. As of 2023, 14 trainsets is under upgrade. |
| 10th Batch | MAN SE, AEG, Siemens Mobility, Hellenic Shipyards Co. | File:10th batch line 1 train, Athens, Greece.jpg 10th Batch trainset at Piraeus (2011) |
File:Athens Metro Line 1.svg | 5 | 4 | 830 | 1993–1995 | The 10th batch is the second oldest range of wagons that runs on the Athens Metro network. They are identical in appearance with the 8th batch and known by the same nickname. An upgrade of the train is anticipated. |
| 11th Batch | Adtranz, Siemens Mobility, Hellenic Shipyards Co., Bombardier Transportation | File:20070523-NERATZIOTISA.jpg 11th Batch trainset at Neratziotissa (2007) |
File:Athens Metro Line 1.svg | 6 | 4 | 1002 | 2000–2004 | The 11th batch was the only batch of Line 1 of the Athens Metro which has 6 coaches, before 1st generation trains of the Lines 2 and 3 enter service on Line 1. An upgrade of the trains is anticipated. |
| 1st Generation |
Siemens Mobility, Daimler-Benz, Alsthοm | File:AMEL 1st Generation Stock C21 at Syngrou-Fix Station.jpg | File:Athens Metro Line 1.svg File:Athens Metro Line 2.svg File:Athens Metro Line 3.svg | 6 | 4 | 1,030 | 2000 | The 1st generation is the oldest batch of 2 and 3 line trainsets and the only one in the whole network with sliding doors and not locking doors. Some first generation trains are also used on line 1. |
Lines 2 & 3Edit
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Lines | Number of Coaches per Trainset | Number of Doors per side | Speed (km/h) |
Passengers | Units | In operation since |
About | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Generation |
Siemens Mobility, Daimler-Benz, Alsthοm | File:AMEL 1st Generation Stock C21 at Syngrou-Fix Station.jpg | File:Athens Metro Line 1.svg File:Athens Metro Line 2.svg File:Athens Metro Line 3.svg | 6 | 4 | citation | CitationClass=web
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1,030 | 28 | 2000 | The 1st generation is the oldest batch of 2 and 3 line trainsets and the only one in the whole network with sliding doors and not locking doors. Some first generation trains are also used on line 1. |
| 2nd Generation | Hanwha-Rotem, Mitsubishi Vapor, Knorr-Bremse | File:Athens Metro 2nd gen, Athens International Airport, 2019 (01).jpg | File:Athens Metro Line 2.svg File:Athens Metro Line 3.svg | 6 | 4 | 80 (DC) 120 (DC/AC)<ref name=":3">[1] Δεύτερη γενιά συρμών, Αττικό Μετρό Α.</ref> |
1,062 (DC) 1,026 (DC/AC) |
21 (7 DC/AC & 14 DC) | 2003 | The second generation operates under the standard line voltage of 750 V DC from third rail, but 7 trains from line 3 are able to operate under Template:25 kV 50 Hz from overhead catenary with a pantograph in order to serve the section from Doukissis Plakentias to the Airport. | |
| 3rd Generation | Hyundai Rotem, Siemens Mobility | File:20140622-Anthoupoli-62D304 (7872).jpg | File:Athens Metro Line 2.svg File:Athens Metro Line 3.svg | 6 | 4 | citation | CitationClass=web
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1.032 | 28 | 2014 | The 3rd generation is the latest model of trainsets running on the Athens Metro network. |
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SignallingEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Line 1 uses two-aspect red/green home signals, yellow/green distant signals and a passenger information system (PIS). The current system replaced 1950s-era semaphore signals. The automatic train protection (ATP) system of Line 1 was fully installed in 2023 which replaced the previous Indusi system.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lines 2 and 3 use the Alstom automatic train supervision system (ATS) and a passenger information system (PIS). Two-aspect red/white colour signals are used at points and junctions only.
FaresEdit
Fares are prepaid, either as short term tickets valid for 90 minutes, 24 hours, three days, five days, or as long term tickets. As of September 2020, there are two types of fare products, the ATH.ENA Ticket and ATH.ENA Card, both of which are validated using a contactless system (by scanning the ticket or card at the electronic validating machines). The tickets are valid on all modes of public transport in Athens except on trains and buses to the airport.<ref name="Ticket Types&Prices">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Passengers cannot buy a fare on board the bus. To travel to or from the airport, passengers may buy a one-way ticket for €9 or a 3-day ticket for €20 which also includes unlimited local trips and a return trip to the airport. Arrival at the airport without having paid the appropriate fare will incur a €72 fine, reduced to €36 if paid within 10 days. Term tickets are available in 30, 90, 180, and 365 day periods and are available only with a personalized ATH.ENA Card. Reduced fares are available for university students, seniors, disabled and persons under 18. During a fare control the passengers that are entitled to a reduced fare have to show ID card, student card or passport.<ref name="Cards Types&Prices">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web
}}</ref> Children under the age of 6 are entitled to travel for free with all means of transportation. On buses and trams the ticket or card must be validated only when entering the vehicle/car by scanning the ticket at the electronic validating machines. At metro or Suburban Railway stations, the ticket or card must be validated at the electronic gates when entering and exiting the station.
Archaeological excavations and exhibitsEdit
During construction of the metro tunnels, artifacts of archaeological interest were discovered and rescue archaeology was employed. Teams of archaeologists worked ahead of, then with, engineers for six years, protecting and recording archaeological finds (streets, houses, cemeteries, sanctuaries, public workshops, foundry pits, kilns, aqueducts, wells, cisterns, drains and sewage tunnels). This afforded new insight into the city's ancient topography, through unprecedented infrastructure development combined with the study and preservation of archaeological data. Exhibitions of ancient artifacts or replicas are found at a number of metro stations, including Monastiraki, Akropoli and Syntagma.
Template:AnchorFutureEdit
The Athens Metro masterplan, as presented in October 2022, consists of the following projects:<ref name="ypodomes-2022104">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Line | Segment | Length | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Rint | Petralona-SNFCC | Template:Convert | 4 |
| Template:Rint | KAT-Komvos Varympompis | Template:Convert | 3* |
| Template:Rint | Anthoupoli-Agios Nikolaos | Template:Convert | 3 |
| Template:Rint | Agios Nikolaos-Acharnes | Template:Convert | 3 |
| Template:Rint | Elliniko-Glyfada | Template:Convert | 3 |
| Template:Rint | Goudi-Lykovrysi | Template:Convert | 10 |
| Template:Rint | Alsos Veikou-Petroupoli | Template:Convert | 6 |
| Template:Rint** | Evangelismos-Ano Ilioupoli | Template:Convert | 3 |
| 43.9km | 35 | ||
*The current Kifissia terminal will be demolished and rebuilt as an underground station.
**The Development Plan refers it as Line 4 branch but there are unofficial plans that this branch is part of the future Line 5.
If and when these projects are completed, the Athens Metro is expected to reach Template:Convert in length and serve a total of 110 stations by 2040.
Template:AnchorLine 4Edit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} A fourth line is planned for the Athens Metro and it has been incorporated in the roadmap for the development and expansion of public transport in Athens since 2005. The new line in its totality will extend over a length of Template:Convert, adding thirty five (35) new stations to the Athens Metro system. The cost of the entire project is estimated at 3.3 billion EUR.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The recommendation is for lighter rolling stock than the type used in existing lines of Athens Metro which would operate automatically without a driver. In November 2020, Alstom was chosen to supply the line with 20 4-car automated Metropolis trains, operated under Urbalis 400 signalling system.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The first phase of Line 4 will be between Alsos Veikou and Goudi stations, predicting fifteen (15) new stations and a length of Template:Convert of new track. An invitation to tender for the construction of the first phase of Line 4 was issued in September 2018. The construction started in mid to late-2021 and is scheduled to be completed in 2029 or 2030. The estimated cost for constructing the first phase of the new line is 1.51 billion EUR. Currently, the project of the first phase is considered to follow a PPP scheme which might be extended for constructing the whole new line. An alternative solution is a mixed funding between the EIB and the Greek State. It is also a high-profile candidate project to be included in the Juncker Plan of EU that will include also the second phase of Line 4 of Athens Metro.
The European Investment Bank is allocating a €730 million loan over 30 years to finance the building of the first segment of the Line 4 metro, which will connect Alsos Veikou and Goudi. The initiative will also assist Athens by reducing the number of private automobiles on the road by 53 000, resulting in 318 tonnes fewer CO2 released daily.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Long-term planEdit
ExtensionsEdit
Line 1Edit
Since 2020 the northern extension has been decided to consist of an underground part (including a new underground Kifissia station) and the initial extension until Nea Erythrea, with the stations between Agios Stefanos and Nea Erythrea utilising the Suburban railways of OSE, with a further extension towards Varympompi Junction.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":12">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Station | Municipality | Interchanges and notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kifissia | Kifissia | citation | CitationClass=web
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| ΑΟΚ | |||
| Nea Erithrea | Nea Erithrea | ||
| Varympompi Jct | Acharnes | On A1 Motorway<ref name=":113">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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When the topographical survey was done it was decided that for the Southern Extension there would be an underground diversion from the station of Thiseio branching out to 3,5km consisting of 4 stations: Ano Petralona, Plateia Davaki, Lofos Filaretou ending at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center near Delta Falirou.<ref name=":13">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":112">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Station | Municipality | Interchanges and notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ano Petralona | Athens | ||
| Plateia Davaki | Kallithea | ||
| Lofos Filaretou | |||
| Stavros Niarchos | On Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center and with possible interchange with Tram at Delta Falirou.<ref name=":14">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Line 2Edit
The northern extension may consist initially of a 4.0 km (2.5 mi) line (Anthoupoli to Agios Nikolaos) in 2031, with intermediate stations at Palatiani and Ilion (for Line 4). With a second phase (Aghios Nikolaos - Acharnai) , with intermediate stations at Kamatero and Zefyri (for Athens Suburban Railway trains).<ref name="ypodomes-202112162">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ametro-map-20222">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Station | Municipality | Interchanges and notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palatiani | Ilion | ||
| Ilion | Interchange with Line 4. | ||
| Agios Nikolaos | "Agios Nikolaos" is a provisional name for a planned station along the eponymous road.
Not to be confused Aghios Nikolaos of Line 1 | ||
| Kamatero | Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero | ||
| Template:Rws | Fyli | Interchange with the Athens Suburban Railway. | |
| Aharnai | Acharnes | citation | CitationClass=web
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The southern extension may consist of a Template:Convert line from Template:Metro to Glyfada, with intermediate stations at Ano Glyfada and Grigoriou Lampraki.<ref name="ametro-map-20223">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ypodomes-202112163">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Station | Municipality | Interchanges and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ano Glyfada | Glyfada | |
| Grigoriou Lampraki | "Grigoriou Lampraki" is a provisional name for a planned station at the junction with the eponymous road and Vouliagmenis Avenue. | |
| Glyfada | Interchange with the Athens Tram at Platia Vaso Katraki. |
"Souflias Plan"Edit
On 15 November 2008, Greek newspaper Ta Nea reported that the Greek government was considering a circular line from Ano Ilisia to Faros, via Template:Metro and Template:Metro, as part of a "Template:Convert" network.<ref name="tanea-20081115">Template:Cite news</ref> This proposal evolved to form part of what is now the long-term Athens Metro Future Regulatory Plan (or the Souflias plan)<ref name="souflias-2020">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> on 13 April 2009, which called for an Template:Convert network of eight lines and 200 stations.<ref name="ametro-20090413">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ametro-futuremap-2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Souflias plan was last revised in January 2012,<ref name="ametro-futuremap-2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and saw limited activity until October 2020, when Elliniko Metro announced that they were reconsidering some extensions from the plan, including the extension of Line 1 from Template:Metro to Nea Erythraia, the extensions of Line 2 to Template:Rws and Glyfada and Line 6 from Melissia to Perama. In December 2021, a part of the southern branch of Line 6 was reconsidered as a branch of Line 1 from Template:Metro to the SNFCC in Kallithea, with intermediate stations at Hamosternas, Plateia Davaki, and Lofos Filaretou.<ref name="ypodomes-20211216">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ametro-map-2022"/>Template:Routemap
Line 5 (Haidari - Kalamaki)Edit
Originally considered by the Souflias plan as line 7, but since the consideration of new branches for line 4 it has been reappeared and been renamed to line 5 and its part from Akadimia to Evangelismos being considered as an part of Line 4 with the lines spliting in Evangelismos, the line 4 part continuing until Goudi and the Line 5 one until Kalamaki.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="souflias-2020" />
See alsoEdit
- Line 1 (Athens Metro)
- Line 2 (Athens Metro)
- Line 3 (Athens Metro)
- Line 4 (Athens Metro)
- Transport for Athens
- Thessaloniki Metro
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
Template:Sister project Template:Rapid transit OSM map
- Athens Metro Map on Google earth with geolocation Template:Webarchive
- Urban Rail Transport Company (STASY S.A.)
- Attiko Metro Company (Construction and Infrastructure)
- Athens Urban Transport Organisation (OASA S.A.)
- UrbanRail.Net – Athens Metro
- CityRailTransit – Athens railway map (real distance)
- Athens metro guide
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