Editing Athens Metro (section)

==History==

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===Piraeus–Kifissia Railway (Line 1)===
Until 28 January 2000, Line 1 was the only rapid-transit line in Athens. The Athens and Piraeus Railway Company (SAP) opened a [[Steam railway|steam]] [[Single-track railway|single-track]] mixed cargo and passenger railway line on 27 February 1869 and was run between {{stl|Athens Metro|Piraeus}} and {{stl|Athens Metro|Thiseio}}. It was electrified in 1904. On 4 February 1885 [[Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway|Lavrion Square-Strofyli]] [[Steam railway|steam]] [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge]] [[Single-track railway|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"/>

==={{anchor|Projects of the 1990s}}1990s projects===
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>{{cite web|url=http://www.tovima.gr/society/article/?aid=527217|script-title=el:Οραμα για 14 γραμμές Μετρό στην Αττική από το 2000|last=Hekimoglou|first=Achilleas|date=24 August 2013|publisher=Το Βήμα ([[To Vima]])|language=el|access-date=23 February 2024}}</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">{{cite web|url=http://www.ametro.gr/page/default.asp?la=2&id=376|title=AttikoMetro Inside – Base Project|date=9 September 2012|publisher=Attiko Metro S.A.|access-date=3 October 2012}}</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 metro station|Anthoupoli]] and Elliniko in 2013.

===Consolidation===
Until 17 June 2011,<ref name="about-stasy">{{cite web|url=http://www.stasy.gr/index.php?id=13&L=1|title=Urban Rail Transport SA (STASY SA): Urban Rail Transport S.A|publisher=Urban Rail Transport S.A.|access-date=2 October 2012}}</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>{{cite journal|date=18 December 1998|title=Law 2669/1998|journal=Εφημερίδας της Κυβερνήσεως|publisher=[[Government of Greece]]|location=Athens|volume=A|issue=283|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wEeWRs27M2niXdtvSoClrL85YC7ghNTGul5MXD0LzQTLWPU9yLzB8V68knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx3UnKl3nP8NxdnJ5r9cmWyJWelDvWS_18kAEhATUkJb0x1LIdQ163nV9K--td6SIuQhK1CW1g5a5c9KyvSvZ1EcbNA7-kImkovm1fsZ5eINZ|access-date=24 September 2013|language=el}}</ref> but this initiative failed.{{why|date=September 2013}} 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 [[Attiko Metro Operation Company|AMEL]], ISAP and Tram S.A. with [[STASY|Urban Rail Transport S.A.]] (STASY S.A.) ({{langx|el|ΣΤΑΣΥ Α.Ε.}}), 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>

===Timeline===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align:center;"
|+ style="margin:inherit; padding-bottom:0.25em"|
! Line
! Segment
! Construction Started
! Year Opened
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M1}}
| [[Piraeus station|Piraeus]]-[[Thiseio metro station|Thiseio]]
| 1856
| 27 February 1869
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M1}}
| [[Thiseio metro station|Thiseio]]-[[Omonoia metro station|Omonoia]]
| 1889
| 17 May 1895
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M1}}
| [[Omonoia metro station|Omonoia]]-[[Victoria metro station, Athens|Victoria]]
| rowspan=6|January 1928
| 1 March 1948
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M1}}
| [[Victoria metro station, Athens|Victoria]]-[[Attiki metro station|Attiki]]
| 30 June 1949
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M1}}
| [[Attiki metro station|Attiki]]-{{metro|Ano Patisia}}
| 12 February 1956
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M1}}
| {{metro|Ano Patisia}}-{{metro|Nea Ionia}}
| 14 March 1956
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M1}}
| {{metro|Nea Ionia}}-{{metro|Irakleio}}
| 4 March 1957
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M1}}
| {{metro|Irakleio}}-{{metro|Kifissia}}
| 10 August 1957
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M2}}
| [[Sepolia metro station|Sepolia]]-{{metro|Syntagma}}
| rowspan=4|November 1992
| rowspan=2|28 January 2000
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M3}}
| [[Syntagma station|Syntagma]]-[[Ethniki Amyna metro station|Ethniki Amyna]]
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M2}}
| [[Syntagma station|Syntagma]]-[[Dafni metro station|Dafni]]
| 15 November 2000<ref name="tanea-20001115">{{cite news|last1=Delezos|first1=Kostas|last2=Renieris|first2=Antonis|title=To… Dafni by Metro|url=https://www.tanea.gr/2000/11/14/greece/stis-dafnes-to-metro/|access-date=20 October 2022|work=Ta Nea|publisher=Alter Ego Media|date=14 November 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019231123/https://www.tanea.gr/2000/11/14/greece/stis-dafnes-to-metro/|archive-date=19 October 2022|location=Athens|language=Greek}}</ref>
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M3}}
| [[Syntagma station|Syntagma]]-[[Monastiraki metro station|Monastiraki]]
| 22 April 2003
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M2}}
| [[Dafni metro station|Dafni]]-[[Agios Dimitrios metro station|Agios Dimitrios]]
| April 2001
| 5 June 2004
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M3}}
| [[Ethniki Amyna metro station|Ethniki Amyna]]-[[Athens Airport station|Athens Airport]]
| December 2000
| 30 July 2004
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M1}}
| [[Neratziotissa station|Neratziotissa]] (Infill station)
| February 2002
| 6 August 2004
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M2}}
| [[Sepolia metro station|Sepolia]]-[[Agios Antonios metro station|Agios Antonios]]
| February 2002
| 9 August 2004
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M3}}
| [[Monastiraki metro station|Monastiraki]]-[[Egaleo metro station|Egaleo]]
| May 2002
| 26 May 2007
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M2}}
| [[Agios Antonios metro station|Agios Antonios]]-[[Anthoupoli metro station|Anthoupoli]]
| May 2007
| 6 April 2013
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M2}}
| [[Agios Dimitrios metro station|Agios Dimitrios]]-[[Elliniko metro station|Elliniko]]
|rowspan=2| January 2007
| 26 July 2013
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M3}}
| [[Egaleo metro station|Egaleo]]-[[Agia Marina metro station|Agia Marina]]
| 14 December 2013
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M3}}
| [[Agia Marina metro station|Agia Marina]]-[[Nikaia metro station|Nikaia]]
| rowspan=2|July 2012
| 7 July 2020
|-
| {{ric|Athens Metro|M3}}
| [[Nikaia metro station|Nikaia]]-[[Dimotiko Theatro metro station|Dimotiko Theatro]]
| 10 October 2022
|}