Kifisia metro station

Κηφισιά Kifissia
Kifissia station
Operated by	Athens Metro
Line(s)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	10 August 1957
Services
Preceding station   Athens Metro   Following station KAT towards Piraeus Line 1 Terminus Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Strofyli   Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway   Marousi

The Kifissia station (Greek: Σταθμός Κηφισιάς - Stathmos Kifisias) is an Athens Metro station in Kifisia, Athens, Greece. It is the northern terminus of the line 1. The station is situated at 25.655 km from the starting point in Piraeus. The station was opened on 10 August 1957 and was renovated in 2004.^{[citation needed]} On the site of the current Athens Metro station, there was a station of the former Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line at 15.500 km from . It opened on February 4, 1885 and shut down on 8 August 1938.

History[]

The station was opened on 10 August 1957 and was renovated in 2004.^{[citation needed]} On the site of the current Athens Metro station, there was a station of the former Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line at 15.500 km from . It opened on 4 February 1885 and shut down on 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.^[1]

2020 accident[]

On 7 July 2020, an Kifisias-bound terminating train^[2] 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.^[3]

References[]

Coordinates: 38°4′24″N 23°48′29″E / 38.07333°N 23.80806°E / 38.07333; 23.80806

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